Varanasi panchang, 25 February 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 11:39 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:56 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 01:28 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 02:41 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:28 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 01:28 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 13:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:38 – 06:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:38 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:50 Capricorn
- 05:50 – 07:21 Aquarius
- 07:21 – 08:49 Pisces
- 08:49 – 10:27 Aries
- 10:27 – 12:25 Taurus
- 12:25 – 14:39 Gemini
- 14:39 – 16:56 Cancer
- 16:56 – 19:10 Leo
- 19:10 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 23:40 Libra
- 23:40 – 01:56 next day Scorpio
- 01:56 – 04:01 next day Sagittarius
- 04:01 – 05:46 next day Capricorn
- 05:46 – 06:24 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