Varanasi panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 17:15 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:40
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 16:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:00 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:19 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:00 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:29 Scorpio
- 05:29 – 07:34 Sagittarius
- 07:34 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 10:49 Aquarius
- 10:49 – 12:18 Pisces
- 12:18 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 18:07 Gemini
- 18:07 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:39 Leo
- 22:39 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 05:25 next day Scorpio
- 05:25 – 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