Varanasi panchang, 24 March 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 09:34 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:38
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:09 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:08
- Nakshatra Rohini until 19:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 09:07
- Karana Taitila until 16:08, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:38
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 19:05
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:38 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:35 Aquarius
- 05:35 – 07:03 Pisces
- 07:03 – 08:41 Aries
- 08:41 – 10:38 Taurus
- 10:38 – 12:52 Gemini
- 12:52 – 15:10 Cancer
- 15:10 – 17:24 Leo
- 17:24 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 21:53 Libra
- 21:53 – 00:10 next day Scorpio
- 00:10 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 04:00 next day Capricorn
- 04:00 – 05:31 next day Aquarius
- 05:31 – 05:58 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