Varanasi panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 06:38 Bhadrapada 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 18:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:43 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 05:43 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 14:59
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:04 to 05:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 07:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 15:09
- Karana Bava until 07:46, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:43 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 12:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 10:53 – 12:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:55 – 05:44 next day
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 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:43 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:08 Leo
- 06:08 – 08:21 Virgo
- 08:21 – 10:37 Libra
- 10:37 – 12:54 Scorpio
- 12:54 – 14:59 Sagittarius
- 14:59 – 16:44 Capricorn
- 16:44 – 18:14 Aquarius
- 18:14 – 19:43 Pisces
- 19:43 – 21:21 Aries
- 21:21 – 23:18 Taurus
- 23:18 – 01:32 next day Gemini
- 01:32 – 03:50 next day Cancer
- 03:50 – 05:44 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