Varanasi panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 19:32 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:13
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:20 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:57
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:47
- Karana Gara until 09:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02 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) 11:42 – 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 06:45 – 13:25
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:20 | Good |
| Char | 17:20 – 19:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:45 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:21 Scorpio
- 05:21 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 13:48 Aries
- 13:48 – 15:45 Taurus
- 15:45 – 17:59 Gemini
- 17:59 – 20:17 Cancer
- 20:17 – 22:31 Leo
- 22:31 – 00:44 next day Virgo
- 00:44 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:17 next day Scorpio
- 05:17 – 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