Varanasi panchang, 25 March 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 10:35 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:35
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:10 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 06:02
- Karana Vanija until 13:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 17:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 13:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:31 Aquarius
- 05:31 – 06:59 Pisces
- 06:59 – 08:37 Aries
- 08:37 – 10:35 Taurus
- 10:35 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 15:06 Cancer
- 15:06 – 17:20 Leo
- 17:20 – 19:33 Virgo
- 19:33 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 00:06 next day Scorpio
- 00:06 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 03:56 next day Capricorn
- 03:56 – 05:27 next day Aquarius
- 05:27 – 05:57 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