Varanasi panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 08:37 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 17:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:02
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:54 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 15:51
- Karana Vishti until 13:01, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:29 – 19:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:03 – 11:03
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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 19:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 13:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:28 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:06 Capricorn
- 06:06 – 07:37 Aquarius
- 07:37 – 09:05 Pisces
- 09:05 – 10:43 Aries
- 10:43 – 12:40 Taurus
- 12:40 – 14:54 Gemini
- 14:54 – 17:12 Cancer
- 17:12 – 19:26 Leo
- 19:26 – 21:39 Virgo
- 21:39 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 02:12 next day Scorpio
- 02:12 – 04:17 next day Sagittarius
- 04:17 – 06:02 next day Capricorn
- 06:02 – 06:28 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