Varanasi panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 05:39 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:48
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:29 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:48
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. 05:00 – 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 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:09 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:29 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:09 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:38 Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 08:23 Capricorn
- 08:23 – 09:54 Aquarius
- 09:54 – 11:23 Pisces
- 11:23 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 14:58 Taurus
- 14:58 – 17:12 Gemini
- 17:12 – 19:30 Cancer
- 19:30 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 23:56 Virgo
- 23:56 – 02:13 next day Libra
- 02:13 – 04:30 next day Scorpio
- 04:30 – 06:35 next day Sagittarius
- 06:35 – 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