Varanasi panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 04:19 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:42
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:06 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:42
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. 04:31 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:36 – 06:06 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:35 Capricorn
- 04:35 – 06:06 Aquarius
- 06:06 – 07:34 Pisces
- 07:34 – 09:13 Aries
- 09:13 – 11:10 Taurus
- 11:10 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:42 Cancer
- 15:42 – 17:55 Leo
- 17:55 – 20:08 Virgo
- 20:08 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:42 next day Scorpio
- 00:42 – 02:47 next day Sagittarius
- 02:47 – 04:31 next day Capricorn
- 04:31 – 06:02 next day Aquarius
- 06:02 – 06:06 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