Varanasi panchang, 30 January 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 14:53 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:17
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:39 to 06:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 11:09
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:27 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:58
- Karana Balava until 11:09, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:27 – 16:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:58 – 18:10
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. 04:58 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:27 – 06:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:27 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:47 Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 07:32 Capricorn
- 07:32 – 09:03 Aquarius
- 09:03 – 10:31 Pisces
- 10:31 – 12:10 Aries
- 12:10 – 14:07 Taurus
- 14:07 – 16:21 Gemini
- 16:21 – 18:38 Cancer
- 18:38 – 20:52 Leo
- 20:52 – 23:05 Virgo
- 23:05 – 01:22 next day Libra
- 01:22 – 03:39 next day Scorpio
- 03:39 – 05:43 next day Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 06:42 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