Varanasi panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 05:46 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:35
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:51 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 04:51 – 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 17:51 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:25 Capricorn
- 06:25 – 07:56 Aquarius
- 07:56 – 09:25 Pisces
- 09:25 – 11:03 Aries
- 11:03 – 13:00 Taurus
- 13:00 – 15:14 Gemini
- 15:14 – 17:32 Cancer
- 17:32 – 19:46 Leo
- 19:46 – 21:58 Virgo
- 21:58 – 00:15 next day Libra
- 00:15 – 02:32 next day Scorpio
- 02:32 – 04:37 next day Sagittarius
- 04:37 – 06:21 next day Capricorn
- 06:21 – 06:32 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