Varanasi panchang, 13 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 02:03 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:06
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:21 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:26 to 06:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:06 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 19:04
- Karana Vishti until 15:18, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:21 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:04 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:06
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:04 – 21:28
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) 11:45 – 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
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:06 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:46 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:06 | Good |
| Rog | 16:06 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:26 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:06 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:06 – 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
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 08:39 Capricorn
- 08:39 – 10:10 Aquarius
- 10:10 – 11:38 Pisces
- 11:38 – 13:17 Aries
- 13:17 – 15:14 Taurus
- 15:14 – 17:28 Gemini
- 17:28 – 19:45 Cancer
- 19:45 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 02:29 next day Libra
- 02:29 – 04:46 next day Scorpio
- 04:46 – 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