Varanasi panchang, 31 March 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 16:47 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:40
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:12 to 05:50 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:32 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:56
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:41
- Karana Taitila until 06:56, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:32 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:40
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:18 – 10:24
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. 04:18 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 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 05:51 – 15:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 06:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:10 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:51 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:40 | Good |
| Rog | 16:40 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:40 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 02:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:56 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:23 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:07 Aquarius
- 05:07 – 06:36 Pisces
- 06:36 – 08:14 Aries
- 08:14 – 10:11 Taurus
- 10:11 – 12:25 Gemini
- 12:25 – 14:43 Cancer
- 14:43 – 16:56 Leo
- 16:56 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 21:26 Libra
- 21:26 – 23:43 Scorpio
- 23:43 – 01:48 next day Sagittarius
- 01:48 – 03:32 next day Capricorn
- 03:32 – 05:03 next day Aquarius
- 05:03 – 05:50 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