Varanasi panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 08:40 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:43
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:09 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 18:38
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:22
- Karana Bava until 07:57, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:43
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. 04:25 – 05:12
- 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 18:09 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:49 – 05:59 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:49 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:39 Aquarius
- 05:39 – 07:07 Pisces
- 07:07 – 08:45 Aries
- 08:45 – 10:42 Taurus
- 10:42 – 12:56 Gemini
- 12:56 – 15:14 Cancer
- 15:14 – 17:28 Leo
- 17:28 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:35 next day Aquarius
- 05:35 – 05:59 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