Varanasi panchang, 11 March 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 00:28 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:37
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:03 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 09:12
- Karana Balava until 15:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:37
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. 04:35 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:55 Capricorn
- 04:55 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 07:54 Pisces
- 07:54 – 09:32 Aries
- 09:32 – 11:30 Taurus
- 11:30 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 22:44 Libra
- 22:44 – 01:01 next day Scorpio
- 01:01 – 03:06 next day Sagittarius
- 03:06 – 04:51 next day Capricorn
- 04:51 – 06:11 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