Varanasi panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 05:28 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:36
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:07 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:22
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:04 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. 04:29 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:07 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:58 Aquarius
- 05:58 – 07:27 Pisces
- 07:27 – 09:05 Aries
- 09:05 – 11:02 Taurus
- 11:02 – 13:16 Gemini
- 13:16 – 15:34 Cancer
- 15:34 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 20:00 Virgo
- 20:00 – 22:17 Libra
- 22:17 – 00:34 next day Scorpio
- 00:34 – 02:39 next day Sagittarius
- 02:39 – 04:24 next day Capricorn
- 04:24 – 05:54 next day Aquarius
- 05:54 – 06:04 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