Varanasi panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 22:37 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:02
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:02 to 06:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:11
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:04
- Karana Kaulava until 08:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:04 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:31 – 06:14 next day
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. 04:37 – 05:26
- 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 18:02 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:15 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:43 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:11 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:07 Capricorn
- 05:07 – 06:38 Aquarius
- 06:38 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 09:44 Aries
- 09:44 – 11:41 Taurus
- 11:41 – 13:55 Gemini
- 13:55 – 16:13 Cancer
- 16:13 – 18:27 Leo
- 18:27 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 22:56 Libra
- 22:56 – 01:13 next day Scorpio
- 01:13 – 03:18 next day Sagittarius
- 03:18 – 05:03 next day Capricorn
- 05:03 – 06:14 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