Varanasi panchang, 5 March 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 19:52 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:40
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:00 to 06:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 07:45
- Karana Gara until 17:04, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:46
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:45 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:40
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:18 – 08:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 17:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:59 – 18:07
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 – 05:29
- 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 18:00 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:33 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:41 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:13 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:19 Capricorn
- 05:19 – 06:49 Aquarius
- 06:49 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 09:56 Aries
- 09:56 – 11:53 Taurus
- 11:53 – 14:07 Gemini
- 14:07 – 16:25 Cancer
- 16:25 – 18:39 Leo
- 18:39 – 20:52 Virgo
- 20:52 – 23:08 Libra
- 23:08 – 01:25 next day Scorpio
- 01:25 – 03:30 next day Sagittarius
- 03:30 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
- 05:15 – 06:17 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