Varanasi panchang, 15 March 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 03:40 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:36 – 18:05
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:05 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:17
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:56 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 10:25
- Karana Balava until 09:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:05
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:39 Capricorn
- 04:39 – 06:10 Aquarius
- 06:10 – 07:38 Pisces
- 07:38 – 09:17 Aries
- 09:17 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:45 Cancer
- 15:45 – 17:59 Leo
- 17:59 – 20:12 Virgo
- 20:12 – 22:29 Libra
- 22:29 – 00:46 next day Scorpio
- 00:46 – 02:50 next day Sagittarius
- 02:50 – 04:35 next day Capricorn
- 04:35 – 06:06 next day Aquarius
- 06:06 – 06:07 next day Pisces
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