Varanasi panchang, 22 March 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 07:53 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:08
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:08 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:17
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:41
- Karana Vanija until 10:37, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:41 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:08
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:01 – 22:42
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. 04:26 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 22:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:32 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:43 Aquarius
- 05:43 – 07:11 Pisces
- 07:11 – 08:49 Aries
- 08:49 – 10:46 Taurus
- 10:46 – 13:00 Gemini
- 13:00 – 15:18 Cancer
- 15:18 – 17:32 Leo
- 17:32 – 19:45 Virgo
- 19:45 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 00:18 next day Scorpio
- 00:18 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 04:08 next day Capricorn
- 04:08 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
- 05:39 – 06:00 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