Varanasi panchang, 24 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 10:01 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 17:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:52
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:35 to 06:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:40 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 14:01
- Karana Kaulava until 13:16, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:52
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:16 – 06:44 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) 11:48 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 10:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:16 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:35 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:44 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:11 Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 07:56 Capricorn
- 07:56 – 09:27 Aquarius
- 09:27 – 10:55 Pisces
- 10:55 – 12:33 Aries
- 12:33 – 14:30 Taurus
- 14:30 – 16:44 Gemini
- 16:44 – 19:02 Cancer
- 19:02 – 21:16 Leo
- 21:16 – 23:29 Virgo
- 23:29 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 04:02 next day Scorpio
- 04:02 – 06:07 next day Sagittarius
- 06:07 – 06:44 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