Varanasi panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 22:30 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:15
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:23 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:05 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:25
- Karana Gara until 18:43, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:24 – 06:46 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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:24 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:03 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:03 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:09 Scorpio
- 05:09 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:30 Aquarius
- 10:30 – 11:58 Pisces
- 11:58 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:47 Gemini
- 17:47 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:19 Leo
- 22:19 – 00:32 next day Virgo
- 00:32 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 05:05 next day Scorpio
- 05:05 – 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