Varanasi panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 09:29 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 17:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:13
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:34 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 15:59
- Karana Bava until 14:10, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:13
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) 11:48 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:33 – 06:45 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:46 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:45 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:15 Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 08:00 Capricorn
- 08:00 – 09:31 Aquarius
- 09:31 – 10:59 Pisces
- 10:59 – 12:37 Aries
- 12:37 – 14:34 Taurus
- 14:34 – 16:48 Gemini
- 16:48 – 19:06 Cancer
- 19:06 – 21:20 Leo
- 21:20 – 23:33 Virgo
- 23:33 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 04:06 next day Scorpio
- 04:06 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 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