Varanasi panchang, 6 February 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 22:05 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:21
- 12:45 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:44 to 06:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:24 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:37
- Karana Kaulava until 12:45, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:21
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:37 – 01:37 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:56 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:19 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:39 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:44 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:39 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:20 Sagittarius
- 05:20 – 07:05 Capricorn
- 07:05 – 08:36 Aquarius
- 08:36 – 10:04 Pisces
- 10:04 – 11:42 Aries
- 11:42 – 13:39 Taurus
- 13:39 – 15:53 Gemini
- 15:53 – 18:11 Cancer
- 18:11 – 20:25 Leo
- 20:25 – 22:38 Virgo
- 22:38 – 00:54 next day Libra
- 00:54 – 03:11 next day Scorpio
- 03:11 – 05:16 next day Sagittarius
- 05:16 – 06:39 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method