Varanasi panchang, 13 March 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 02:12 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:35
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:04 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:29
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:03 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:31
- Karana Gara until 06:29, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:35
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. 04:33 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 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
| Char | 06:10 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:47 Capricorn
- 04:47 – 06:18 Aquarius
- 06:18 – 07:46 Pisces
- 07:46 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:22 Taurus
- 11:22 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 00:54 next day Scorpio
- 00:54 – 02:58 next day Sagittarius
- 02:58 – 04:43 next day Capricorn
- 04:43 – 06:09 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