Varanasi panchang, 9 February 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:46 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:32
Night
17:46 to 06:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:11 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 07:27 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:55 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:51 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 18:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:11 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:32
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. 04:54 – 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 17:46 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:37 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:08 Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 06:53 Capricorn
- 06:53 – 08:24 Aquarius
- 08:24 – 09:52 Pisces
- 09:52 – 11:30 Aries
- 11:30 – 13:28 Taurus
- 13:28 – 15:41 Gemini
- 15:41 – 17:59 Cancer
- 17:59 – 20:13 Leo
- 20:13 – 22:26 Virgo
- 22:26 – 00:42 next day Libra
- 00:42 – 02:59 next day Scorpio
- 02:59 – 05:04 next day Sagittarius
- 05:04 – 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