Varanasi panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 01:22 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:11 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:41
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:04 to 06:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:29 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:43 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:58
- Karana Taitila until 17:27, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:58 – 10:31 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 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. 04:34 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:04 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:11 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:35 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:51 Capricorn
- 04:51 – 06:22 Aquarius
- 06:22 – 07:50 Pisces
- 07:50 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:40 Gemini
- 13:40 – 15:57 Cancer
- 15:57 – 18:11 Leo
- 18:11 – 20:24 Virgo
- 20:24 – 22:41 Libra
- 22:41 – 00:58 next day Scorpio
- 00:58 – 03:02 next day Sagittarius
- 03:02 – 04:47 next day Capricorn
- 04:47 – 06:10 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