Varanasi panchang, 14 March 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 02:58 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:06
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:05 to 06:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:49 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 10:42
- Karana Vishti until 08:11, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:37
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:42 – 22:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
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. 04:32 – 05:21
- 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 18:05 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:49 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:43 Capricorn
- 04:43 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:42 Pisces
- 07:42 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:18 Taurus
- 11:18 – 13:32 Gemini
- 13:32 – 15:49 Cancer
- 15:49 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:16 Virgo
- 20:16 – 22:33 Libra
- 22:33 – 00:50 next day Scorpio
- 00:50 – 02:54 next day Sagittarius
- 02:54 – 04:39 next day Capricorn
- 04:39 – 06:08 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