Varanasi panchang, 1 January 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 15:01 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:44 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:11
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:18 to 06:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:12
- Karana Kaulava until 12:06, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:11
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 22:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:48 – 06:44 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. 04:57 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:48 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:03 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:37 Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:41 Sagittarius
- 07:41 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 10:57 Aquarius
- 10:57 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 16:01 Taurus
- 16:01 – 18:15 Gemini
- 18:15 – 20:32 Cancer
- 20:32 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:16 next day Libra
- 03:16 – 05:33 next day Scorpio
- 05:33 – 06:44 next day Sagittarius
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