Varanasi panchang, 14 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 02:58 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 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:27
Night
17:27 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:53
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 19:55
- Karana Balava until 17:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:27
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:46 – 03:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 03:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:53 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 08:35 Capricorn
- 08:35 – 10:06 Aquarius
- 10:06 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 13:13 Aries
- 13:13 – 15:10 Taurus
- 15:10 – 17:24 Gemini
- 17:24 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 21:55 Leo
- 21:55 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 02:25 next day Libra
- 02:25 – 04:42 next day Scorpio
- 04:42 – 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