Varanasi panchang, 13 February 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 03:31 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 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:25
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:49 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:26
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 03:23 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:25
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 17:49 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 14:26
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:37 Capricorn
- 06:37 – 08:08 Aquarius
- 08:08 – 09:36 Pisces
- 09:36 – 11:15 Aries
- 11:15 – 13:12 Taurus
- 13:12 – 15:26 Gemini
- 15:26 – 17:43 Cancer
- 17:43 – 19:57 Leo
- 19:57 – 22:10 Virgo
- 22:10 – 00:27 next day Libra
- 00:27 – 02:44 next day Scorpio
- 02:44 – 04:48 next day Sagittarius
- 04:48 – 06:33 next day Capricorn
- 06:33 – 06:34 next day Aquarius
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