Varanasi panchang, 23 February 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 09:56 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:37
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:55 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:12 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:09
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 10:18
- Karana Taitila until 09:09, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:12 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:37
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. 04:47 – 05:37
- 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 17:55 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 16:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:19 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:52 – 06:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:58 Capricorn
- 05:58 – 07:29 Aquarius
- 07:29 – 08:57 Pisces
- 08:57 – 10:35 Aries
- 10:35 – 12:32 Taurus
- 12:32 – 14:46 Gemini
- 14:46 – 17:04 Cancer
- 17:04 – 19:18 Leo
- 19:18 – 21:31 Virgo
- 21:31 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 05:54 next day Capricorn
- 05:54 – 06:26 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