Varanasi panchang, 3 March 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 18:00 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:04 – 16:32
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:59 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 17:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:31 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:24
- Karana Bava until 17:07, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:32
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. 04:41 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:20 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:47 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:42 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:04 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:32 – 21:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:42 – 03:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:14 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:46 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:26 Capricorn
- 05:26 – 06:57 Aquarius
- 06:57 – 08:26 Pisces
- 08:26 – 10:04 Aries
- 10:04 – 12:01 Taurus
- 12:01 – 14:15 Gemini
- 14:15 – 16:33 Cancer
- 16:33 – 18:47 Leo
- 18:47 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 23:16 Libra
- 23:16 – 01:33 next day Scorpio
- 01:33 – 03:38 next day Sagittarius
- 03:38 – 05:22 next day Capricorn
- 05:22 – 06:19 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