Varanasi panchang, 15 February 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 05:06 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 17:50
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:05 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:50 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 17:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:48 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 02:46 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:05, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:17 – 02:46 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 17:50
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. 04:51 – 05:42
- 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 17:50 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:50 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:25 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:29 Capricorn
- 06:29 – 08:00 Aquarius
- 08:00 – 09:29 Pisces
- 09:29 – 11:07 Aries
- 11:07 – 13:04 Taurus
- 13:04 – 15:18 Gemini
- 15:18 – 17:36 Cancer
- 17:36 – 19:49 Leo
- 19:49 – 22:02 Virgo
- 22:02 – 00:19 next day Libra
- 00:19 – 02:36 next day Scorpio
- 02:36 – 04:41 next day Sagittarius
- 04:41 – 06:25 next day Capricorn
- 06:25 – 06:33 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