Varanasi panchang, 10 March 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:03 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:34
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 12:40 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:03 to 06:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:05 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 08:21
- Karana Vishti until 12:40, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 12:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:21 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:34
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 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 19:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:54 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:13 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:34 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:10 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:41 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:59 Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:30 Aquarius
- 06:30 – 07:58 Pisces
- 07:58 – 09:36 Aries
- 09:36 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:47 Gemini
- 13:47 – 16:05 Cancer
- 16:05 – 18:19 Leo
- 18:19 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 22:48 Libra
- 22:48 – 01:05 next day Scorpio
- 01:05 – 03:10 next day Sagittarius
- 03:10 – 04:55 next day Capricorn
- 04:55 – 06:12 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