Varanasi panchang, 19 January 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 07:10 Magha 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 17:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:22
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:31 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 20:45
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:51, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:22
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 13:34
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) 11:47 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:52 – 06:45 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:34 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:31 | Good |
| Char | 17:31 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:45 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:31 Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 08:15 Capricorn
- 08:15 – 09:46 Aquarius
- 09:46 – 11:15 Pisces
- 11:15 – 12:53 Aries
- 12:53 – 14:50 Taurus
- 14:50 – 17:04 Gemini
- 17:04 – 19:22 Cancer
- 19:22 – 21:36 Leo
- 21:36 – 23:49 Virgo
- 23:49 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 04:22 next day Scorpio
- 04:22 – 06:27 next day Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 06:45 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