Varanasi panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 07:12 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:02 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:02 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:06
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:08 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:02 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:27 – 05:14
- 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 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:56 – 06:01 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:02 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:32 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:46 Aquarius
- 05:46 – 07:15 Pisces
- 07:15 – 08:53 Aries
- 08:53 – 10:50 Taurus
- 10:50 – 13:04 Gemini
- 13:04 – 15:22 Cancer
- 15:22 – 17:36 Leo
- 17:36 – 19:49 Virgo
- 19:49 – 22:05 Libra
- 22:05 – 00:22 next day Scorpio
- 00:22 – 02:27 next day Sagittarius
- 02:27 – 04:12 next day Capricorn
- 04:12 – 05:43 next day Aquarius
- 05:43 – 06:01 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