Varanasi panchang, 11 September 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 05:40 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:32
- 08:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:16 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:05 to 05:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:08 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:18 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:57
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 13:16 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:02
- Karana Naga until 08:57, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:16 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:08 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:18 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:32
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 13:16
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 13:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:57 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:43 – 07:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:05 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:12 Leo
- 06:12 – 08:25 Virgo
- 08:25 – 10:41 Libra
- 10:41 – 12:58 Scorpio
- 12:58 – 15:03 Sagittarius
- 15:03 – 16:48 Capricorn
- 16:48 – 18:18 Aquarius
- 18:18 – 19:47 Pisces
- 19:47 – 21:25 Aries
- 21:25 – 23:22 Taurus
- 23:22 – 01:36 next day Gemini
- 01:36 – 03:54 next day Cancer
- 03:54 – 05:43 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