Varanasi panchang, 22 February 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 09:14 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:54
- 11:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:54 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 11:10
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 13:08
- Karana Balava until 11:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 22:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:54 – 06:27 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. 04:47 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 17:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:54 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:02 Capricorn
- 06:02 – 07:33 Aquarius
- 07:33 – 09:01 Pisces
- 09:01 – 10:39 Aries
- 10:39 – 12:36 Taurus
- 12:36 – 14:50 Gemini
- 14:50 – 17:08 Cancer
- 17:08 – 19:22 Leo
- 19:22 – 21:35 Virgo
- 21:35 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 02:08 next day Scorpio
- 02:08 – 04:13 next day Sagittarius
- 04:13 – 05:58 next day Capricorn
- 05:58 – 06:27 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