Varanasi panchang, 2 March 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 17:01 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:39
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:51 Moon enters Leo
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:59 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:19
- Karana Gara until 06:30, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:51 Moon enters Leo
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:56 – 05:28 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. 04:42 – 05:31
- 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 17:59 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 07:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 17:59 | Good |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:30 Capricorn
- 05:30 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 08:30 Pisces
- 08:30 – 10:08 Aries
- 10:08 – 12:05 Taurus
- 12:05 – 14:19 Gemini
- 14:19 – 16:37 Cancer
- 16:37 – 18:51 Leo
- 18:51 – 21:03 Virgo
- 21:03 – 23:20 Libra
- 23:20 – 01:37 next day Scorpio
- 01:37 – 03:42 next day Sagittarius
- 03:42 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
- 05:26 – 06:20 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