Varanasi panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 04:48 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 17:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:08
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:29 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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) 11:46 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:29 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:42 Sagittarius
- 06:42 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 09:58 Aquarius
- 09:58 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 15:02 Taurus
- 15:02 – 17:16 Gemini
- 17:16 – 19:34 Cancer
- 19:34 – 21:47 Leo
- 21:47 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 02:17 next day Libra
- 02:17 – 04:34 next day Scorpio
- 04:34 – 06:38 next day Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 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