Varanasi panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 06:57 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:37
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:52 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:37
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 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:52 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:18 Capricorn
- 06:18 – 07:48 Aquarius
- 07:48 – 09:17 Pisces
- 09:17 – 10:55 Aries
- 10:55 – 12:52 Taurus
- 12:52 – 15:06 Gemini
- 15:06 – 17:24 Cancer
- 17:24 – 19:38 Leo
- 19:38 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 00:07 next day Libra
- 00:07 – 02:24 next day Scorpio
- 02:24 – 04:29 next day Sagittarius
- 04:29 – 06:14 next day Capricorn
- 06:14 – 06:30 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