Varanasi panchang, 11 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 00:16 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 17:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:05 – 17:25
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:25 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:29 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 10:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:12 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:27
- Karana Kaulava until 10:20, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:29 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:25
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 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:25 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:05 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:25 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:02 Sagittarius
- 07:02 – 08:47 Capricorn
- 08:47 – 10:18 Aquarius
- 10:18 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 13:24 Aries
- 13:24 – 15:22 Taurus
- 15:22 – 17:35 Gemini
- 17:35 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 22:07 Leo
- 22:07 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:53 next day Scorpio
- 04:53 – 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