Varanasi panchang, 8 February 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 23:53 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:45
- 15:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:45 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:01 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:02 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 00:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:55, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:45
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:02 – 06:37 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. 04:55 – 05:46
- 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 17:45 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:38 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:58 | Good |
| Char | 20:58 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:37 next day | Good |
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
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:12 Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 06:57 Capricorn
- 06:57 – 08:28 Aquarius
- 08:28 – 09:56 Pisces
- 09:56 – 11:34 Aries
- 11:34 – 13:31 Taurus
- 13:31 – 15:45 Gemini
- 15:45 – 18:03 Cancer
- 18:03 – 20:17 Leo
- 20:17 – 22:30 Virgo
- 22:30 – 00:46 next day Libra
- 00:46 – 03:03 next day Scorpio
- 03:03 – 05:08 next day Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 06:37 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