Varanasi panchang, 26 March 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 11:40 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:57 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:43
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:10 to 05:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:31 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:43
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:31 – 02:55 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 16:19
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. 04:22 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 16:19 – 05:55 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:19 – 05:55 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:19 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:10 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:38 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:27 – 05:55 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
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:27 Aquarius
- 05:27 – 06:55 Pisces
- 06:55 – 08:33 Aries
- 08:33 – 10:31 Taurus
- 10:31 – 12:45 Gemini
- 12:45 – 15:02 Cancer
- 15:02 – 17:16 Leo
- 17:16 – 19:29 Virgo
- 19:29 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 00:02 next day Scorpio
- 00:02 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 03:52 next day Capricorn
- 03:52 – 05:23 next day Aquarius
- 05:23 – 05:55 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