Varanasi panchang, 6 September 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 00:13 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:11
- 08:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:11 to 05:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 19:29
- Nakshatra Ardra until 19:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:45
- Karana Vanija until 08:42, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:45 – 06:41 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:11
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. 04:09 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:15 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:17 Cancer
- 04:17 – 06:31 Leo
- 06:31 – 08:44 Virgo
- 08:44 – 11:01 Libra
- 11:01 – 13:18 Scorpio
- 13:18 – 15:22 Sagittarius
- 15:22 – 17:07 Capricorn
- 17:07 – 18:38 Aquarius
- 18:38 – 20:06 Pisces
- 20:06 – 21:45 Aries
- 21:45 – 23:42 Taurus
- 23:42 – 01:56 next day Gemini
- 01:56 – 04:13 next day Cancer
- 04:13 – 05:41 next day Leo
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