Varanasi panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 04:54 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:36
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:06 to 06:05 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 08:15
- Karana Vanija until 09:23, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:23 – 20:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:36
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:06 – 06:22
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 06:05 next day
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. 04:30 – 05:18
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 09:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:36 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:36 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:06 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:36 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:31 Capricorn
- 04:31 – 06:02 Aquarius
- 06:02 – 07:31 Pisces
- 07:31 – 09:09 Aries
- 09:09 – 11:06 Taurus
- 11:06 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 17:52 Leo
- 17:52 – 20:04 Virgo
- 20:04 – 22:21 Libra
- 22:21 – 00:38 next day Scorpio
- 00:38 – 02:43 next day Sagittarius
- 02:43 – 04:27 next day Capricorn
- 04:27 – 05:58 next day Aquarius
- 05:58 – 06:05 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