Varanasi panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 20:35 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 17:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:24 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 16:02
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:17 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:21 to 06:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:02
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 20:21
- Karana Vishti until 08:02, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:17 Moon enters Leo
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:02
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 – 05:52
- 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 17:21 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 12:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:45 – 08:02
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:05 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Char | 09:24 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:42 – 16:02 | Good |
| Rog | 16:02 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:02 – 20:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:42 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:17 Scorpio
- 05:17 – 07:22 Sagittarius
- 07:22 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 10:37 Aquarius
- 10:37 – 12:06 Pisces
- 12:06 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 15:41 Taurus
- 15:41 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:13 next day Scorpio
- 05:13 – 06:46 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