Varanasi panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 06:35 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:37
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:08 to 06:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
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. 04:27 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:03 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:03 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:50 Aquarius
- 05:50 – 07:19 Pisces
- 07:19 – 08:57 Aries
- 08:57 – 10:54 Taurus
- 10:54 – 13:08 Gemini
- 13:08 – 15:26 Cancer
- 15:26 – 17:40 Leo
- 17:40 – 19:53 Virgo
- 19:53 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:31 next day Sagittarius
- 02:31 – 04:16 next day Capricorn
- 04:16 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
- 05:46 – 06:02 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