Varanasi panchang, 1 March 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 15:59 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 17:58
- 07:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:33 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:58 to 06:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:09 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:09
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:34 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 14:33
- Karana Kaulava until 07:54, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:33 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:09 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:33 – 16:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 17:58
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. 04:43 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 08:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:34 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:22 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:49 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:31 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:34 Capricorn
- 05:34 – 07:05 Aquarius
- 07:05 – 08:33 Pisces
- 08:33 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 12:09 Taurus
- 12:09 – 14:23 Gemini
- 14:23 – 16:41 Cancer
- 16:41 – 18:54 Leo
- 18:54 – 21:07 Virgo
- 21:07 – 23:24 Libra
- 23:24 – 01:41 next day Scorpio
- 01:41 – 03:45 next day Sagittarius
- 03:45 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:21 next day Aquarius
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