Varanasi panchang, 10 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:24 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 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:45
- 08:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:40 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:24 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:24
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:58
- Karana Bava until 08:24, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:40 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:45
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 15:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:40 – 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. 04:59 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:01 Scorpio
- 05:01 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 08:51 Capricorn
- 08:51 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 13:28 Aries
- 13:28 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:39 Gemini
- 17:39 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 22:11 Leo
- 22:11 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:57 next day Scorpio
- 04:57 – 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