Varanasi panchang, 19 February 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 07:30 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:21 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:36
- 15:00 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:59 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:53 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:59
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 20:42
- Karana Kaulava until 15:59, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:00 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:36
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. 04:49 – 05:40
- 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 17:53 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:14 Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:44 Aquarius
- 07:44 – 09:13 Pisces
- 09:13 – 10:51 Aries
- 10:51 – 12:48 Taurus
- 12:48 – 15:02 Gemini
- 15:02 – 17:20 Cancer
- 17:20 – 19:34 Leo
- 19:34 – 21:47 Virgo
- 21:47 – 00:03 next day Libra
- 00:03 – 02:20 next day Scorpio
- 02:20 – 04:25 next day Sagittarius
- 04:25 – 06:10 next day Capricorn
- 06:10 – 06:29 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