Varanasi panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 07:49 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:32- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:11
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:32 to 06:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 14:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:07 – 06:45 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 – 05:52
- 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 17:32 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:43 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:48 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:29 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:11 | Good |
| Rog | 16:11 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:32 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:11 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:06 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:27 Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 08:12 Capricorn
- 08:12 – 09:42 Aquarius
- 09:42 – 11:11 Pisces
- 11:11 – 12:49 Aries
- 12:49 – 14:46 Taurus
- 14:46 – 17:00 Gemini
- 17:00 – 19:18 Cancer
- 19:18 – 21:32 Leo
- 21:32 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 04:18 next day Scorpio
- 04:18 – 06:23 next day Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 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