Varanasi panchang, 9 September 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 03:35 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:28
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:14 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:07 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:31
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 21:52
- Karana Vanija until 12:31, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:14 Moon enters Leo
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:31 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:14 – 23:30
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. 04:10 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:20 Leo
- 06:20 – 08:32 Virgo
- 08:32 – 10:49 Libra
- 10:49 – 13:06 Scorpio
- 13:06 – 15:11 Sagittarius
- 15:11 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 18:26 Aquarius
- 18:26 – 19:55 Pisces
- 19:55 – 21:33 Aries
- 21:33 – 23:30 Taurus
- 23:30 – 01:44 next day Gemini
- 01:44 – 04:02 next day Cancer
- 04:02 – 05:42 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