Varanasi panchang, 20 February 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 08:03 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:28
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:53 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:38
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:23
- Karana Gara until 14:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01 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. 04:49 – 05:39
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:07 – 06:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:07 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:10 Capricorn
- 06:10 – 07:40 Aquarius
- 07:40 – 09:09 Pisces
- 09:09 – 10:47 Aries
- 10:47 – 12:44 Taurus
- 12:44 – 14:58 Gemini
- 14:58 – 17:16 Cancer
- 17:16 – 19:30 Leo
- 19:30 – 21:43 Virgo
- 21:43 – 23:59 Libra
- 23:59 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 06:06 next day Capricorn
- 06:06 – 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