Varanasi panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 18:25 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 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:00 – 17:20
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:20 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:47 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:47 – 02:59 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. 04:58 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:11 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:41 | Good |
| Rog | 14:41 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:00 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:41 | Good |
| Char | 20:41 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:25 Scorpio
- 05:25 – 07:30 Sagittarius
- 07:30 – 09:14 Capricorn
- 09:14 – 10:45 Aquarius
- 10:45 – 12:14 Pisces
- 12:14 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 15:49 Taurus
- 15:49 – 18:03 Gemini
- 18:03 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 03:04 next day Libra
- 03:04 – 05:21 next day Scorpio
- 05:21 – 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