Varanasi panchang, 15 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 03:54 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 17:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:19
- 07:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:28 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:47 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:17
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:47 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:38
- Karana Kaulava until 07:07, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:47 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:19
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 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:08 – 17:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:28 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:08 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:46 Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 08:31 Capricorn
- 08:31 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 11:30 Pisces
- 11:30 – 13:09 Aries
- 13:09 – 15:06 Taurus
- 15:06 – 17:20 Gemini
- 17:20 – 19:37 Cancer
- 19:37 – 21:51 Leo
- 21:51 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:21 next day Libra
- 02:21 – 04:38 next day Scorpio
- 04:38 – 06:42 next day Sagittarius
- 06:42 – 06:46 next day Capricorn
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