Varanasi panchang, 26 February 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 12:41 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam 09:17 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:38
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:57 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:33 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 22:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:37, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:38
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 12:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:11 – 06:24 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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 06:24 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 00:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:51 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:17 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:30 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:46 Capricorn
- 05:46 – 07:17 Aquarius
- 07:17 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 10:24 Aries
- 10:24 – 12:21 Taurus
- 12:21 – 14:35 Gemini
- 14:35 – 16:52 Cancer
- 16:52 – 19:06 Leo
- 19:06 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 23:36 Libra
- 23:36 – 01:53 next day Scorpio
- 01:53 – 03:57 next day Sagittarius
- 03:57 – 05:42 next day Capricorn
- 05:42 – 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