Varanasi panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 23:33 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:41
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:02 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:27
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:35
- Karana Gara until 10:17, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:41
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. 04:36 – 05:25
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:11 – 06:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:11 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:34 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:13 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:03 Capricorn
- 05:03 – 06:34 Aquarius
- 06:34 – 08:02 Pisces
- 08:02 – 09:40 Aries
- 09:40 – 11:37 Taurus
- 11:37 – 13:51 Gemini
- 13:51 – 16:09 Cancer
- 16:09 – 18:23 Leo
- 18:23 – 20:36 Virgo
- 20:36 – 22:52 Libra
- 22:52 – 01:09 next day Scorpio
- 01:09 – 03:14 next day Sagittarius
- 03:14 – 04:59 next day Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:13 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