Varanasi panchang, 6 March 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 20:47 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:33
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:01 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:05
- Karana Vishti until 17:53, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:33
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. 04:39 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:01 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:33 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:15 Capricorn
- 05:15 – 06:45 Aquarius
- 06:45 – 08:14 Pisces
- 08:14 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:03 Gemini
- 14:03 – 16:21 Cancer
- 16:21 – 18:35 Leo
- 18:35 – 20:48 Virgo
- 20:48 – 23:04 Libra
- 23:04 – 01:21 next day Scorpio
- 01:21 – 03:26 next day Sagittarius
- 03:26 – 05:11 next day Capricorn
- 05:11 – 06:16 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