Varanasi panchang, 12 February 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 02:39 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:34
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:42 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:48 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:22
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 13:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 03:06 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:22, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:42 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 01:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:06 – 04:18 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. 04:53 – 05:44
- 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 17:48 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 12:22
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:24 – 17:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:48 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:24 – 21:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:56 Sagittarius
- 04:56 – 06:41 Capricorn
- 06:41 – 08:12 Aquarius
- 08:12 – 09:40 Pisces
- 09:40 – 11:19 Aries
- 11:19 – 13:16 Taurus
- 13:16 – 15:30 Gemini
- 15:30 – 17:47 Cancer
- 17:47 – 20:01 Leo
- 20:01 – 22:14 Virgo
- 22:14 – 00:31 next day Libra
- 00:31 – 02:48 next day Scorpio
- 02:48 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
- 04:52 – 06:35 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