Varanasi panchang, 19 March 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 06:01 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:04 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:42
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:07 to 06:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:05 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 01:17 next day
- Karana Naga until 06:53, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:04 – 06:35
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. 04:28 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:04 – 06:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:05 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:04 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:07 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:37 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:54 Aquarius
- 05:54 – 07:23 Pisces
- 07:23 – 09:01 Aries
- 09:01 – 10:58 Taurus
- 10:58 – 13:12 Gemini
- 13:12 – 15:30 Cancer
- 15:30 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 19:57 Virgo
- 19:57 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:30 next day Scorpio
- 00:30 – 02:35 next day Sagittarius
- 02:35 – 04:20 next day Capricorn
- 04:20 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
- 05:50 – 06:03 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