Varanasi panchang, 4 March 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 18:57 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:37
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:45 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:00 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 16:49
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:52
- Karana Kaulava until 16:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:45 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:14
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:52 – 10:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:37
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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:00 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:49 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:22 Capricorn
- 05:22 – 06:53 Aquarius
- 06:53 – 08:22 Pisces
- 08:22 – 10:00 Aries
- 10:00 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:11 Gemini
- 14:11 – 16:29 Cancer
- 16:29 – 18:43 Leo
- 18:43 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 23:12 Libra
- 23:12 – 01:29 next day Scorpio
- 01:29 – 03:34 next day Sagittarius
- 03:34 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
- 05:19 – 06:18 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