Varanasi panchang, 22 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 08:57 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 17:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:24
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:33 to 06:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:28 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:37
- Karana Vanija until 14:41, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:41 – 02:28 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:37 – 04:48 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 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 14:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:28 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:33 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:19 Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 08:04 Capricorn
- 08:04 – 09:34 Aquarius
- 09:34 – 11:03 Pisces
- 11:03 – 12:41 Aries
- 12:41 – 14:38 Taurus
- 14:38 – 16:52 Gemini
- 16:52 – 19:10 Cancer
- 19:10 – 21:24 Leo
- 21:24 – 23:37 Virgo
- 23:37 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:10 next day Scorpio
- 04:10 – 06:15 next day Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 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