Varanasi panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 01:09 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 17:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:18
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:26 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:18
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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 – 05:53
- 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 17:26 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:26 | Good |
| Char | 17:26 – 19:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:06 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 08:43 Capricorn
- 08:43 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:18 Taurus
- 15:18 – 17:32 Gemini
- 17:32 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 22:03 Leo
- 22:03 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 02:33 next day Libra
- 02:33 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 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