Varanasi panchang, 30 March 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 15:51 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:44
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:12 to 05:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:10
- Nakshatra Magha until 14:48 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 16:51
- Karana Balava until 07:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:44
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:51 – 19:15
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. 04:19 – 05:06
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:48 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:11 Aquarius
- 05:11 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 08:18 Aries
- 08:18 – 10:15 Taurus
- 10:15 – 12:29 Gemini
- 12:29 – 14:46 Cancer
- 14:46 – 17:00 Leo
- 17:00 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 21:30 Libra
- 21:30 – 23:47 Scorpio
- 23:47 – 01:51 next day Sagittarius
- 01:51 – 03:36 next day Capricorn
- 03:36 – 05:07 next day Aquarius
- 05:07 – 05:51 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