Varanasi panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 11:14 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:26
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:36 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:19 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:11
- Karana Vishti until 10:17, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:19 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:26
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:39 – 15:38
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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:36 | Good |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:03 Sagittarius
- 06:03 – 07:48 Capricorn
- 07:48 – 09:19 Aquarius
- 09:19 – 10:47 Pisces
- 10:47 – 12:25 Aries
- 12:25 – 14:23 Taurus
- 14:23 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 18:54 Cancer
- 18:54 – 21:08 Leo
- 21:08 – 23:21 Virgo
- 23:21 – 01:37 next day Libra
- 01:37 – 03:54 next day Scorpio
- 03:54 – 05:59 next day Sagittarius
- 05:59 – 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