Varanasi panchang, 17 February 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 06:23 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:26
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:51 to 06:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:31
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 00:28 next day
- Karana Naga until 17:31, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:26
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:32 – 21:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:16 – 06:31 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. 04:50 – 05:41
- 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
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:32 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:57 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:51 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:26 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:21 Capricorn
- 06:21 – 07:52 Aquarius
- 07:52 – 09:21 Pisces
- 09:21 – 10:59 Aries
- 10:59 – 12:56 Taurus
- 12:56 – 15:10 Gemini
- 15:10 – 17:28 Cancer
- 17:28 – 19:42 Leo
- 19:42 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 00:11 next day Libra
- 00:11 – 02:28 next day Scorpio
- 02:28 – 04:33 next day Sagittarius
- 04:33 – 06:18 next day Capricorn
- 06:18 – 06:31 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