Varanasi panchang, 7 March 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 21:42 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:05
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:01 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:17
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:52
- Karana Bava until 06:31, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 11:15
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. 04:38 – 05:27
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 19:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:15 – 06:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:15 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:43 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:11 Capricorn
- 05:11 – 06:41 Aquarius
- 06:41 – 08:10 Pisces
- 08:10 – 09:48 Aries
- 09:48 – 11:45 Taurus
- 11:45 – 13:59 Gemini
- 13:59 – 16:17 Cancer
- 16:17 – 18:31 Leo
- 18:31 – 20:44 Virgo
- 20:44 – 23:00 Libra
- 23:00 – 01:17 next day Scorpio
- 01:17 – 03:22 next day Sagittarius
- 03:22 – 05:07 next day Capricorn
- 05:07 – 06:15 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