Varanasi panchang, 29 March 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 14:52 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:12
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:38 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:12 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:38 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:19
- Karana Vishti until 07:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:38 Moon enters Leo
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:13 – 07:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:12
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:19 – 20:19
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. 04:20 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:26 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:15 Aquarius
- 05:15 – 06:43 Pisces
- 06:43 – 08:22 Aries
- 08:22 – 10:19 Taurus
- 10:19 – 12:33 Gemini
- 12:33 – 14:50 Cancer
- 14:50 – 17:04 Leo
- 17:04 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 21:34 Libra
- 21:34 – 23:51 Scorpio
- 23:51 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 03:40 next day Capricorn
- 03:40 – 05:11 next day Aquarius
- 05:11 – 05:52 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