Varanasi panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 16:05 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 15:59
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:18 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:07
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 15:59
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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:18 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:33 Scorpio
- 05:33 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 10:53 Aquarius
- 10:53 – 12:22 Pisces
- 12:22 – 14:00 Aries
- 14:00 – 15:57 Taurus
- 15:57 – 18:11 Gemini
- 18:11 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:29 next day Scorpio
- 05:29 – 06:45 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