Varanasi panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 06:27 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 17:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:30
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:30 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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 17:30 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:30 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:10 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:35 Sagittarius
- 06:35 – 08:19 Capricorn
- 08:19 – 09:50 Aquarius
- 09:50 – 11:19 Pisces
- 11:19 – 12:57 Aries
- 12:57 – 14:54 Taurus
- 14:54 – 17:08 Gemini
- 17:08 – 19:26 Cancer
- 19:26 – 21:40 Leo
- 21:40 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:26 next day Scorpio
- 04:26 – 06:31 next day Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 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