Varanasi panchang, 24 February 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 10:44 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:18 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:29
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:56 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:02
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 07:23
- Karana Vanija until 07:02, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:23 – 04:26 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:26 – 05:38 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. 04:46 – 05:36
- 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 17:56 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 15:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:02 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:26 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:52 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Char | 09:18 – 10:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:45 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:29 – 21:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:54 Capricorn
- 05:54 – 07:25 Aquarius
- 07:25 – 08:53 Pisces
- 08:53 – 10:31 Aries
- 10:31 – 12:29 Taurus
- 12:29 – 14:42 Gemini
- 14:42 – 17:00 Cancer
- 17:00 – 19:14 Leo
- 19:14 – 21:27 Virgo
- 21:27 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 02:00 next day Scorpio
- 02:00 – 04:05 next day Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 05:50 next day Capricorn
- 05:50 – 06:25 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