Varanasi panchang, 13 September 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 07:36 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 18:03
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:03 to 05:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:08
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 13:43
- Karana Kaulava until 07:08, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:03
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 18:03 – 20:23
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:44 – 13:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 13:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:07 – 21:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:16 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:31 – 20:58 | Good |
| Char | 20:58 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:04 Leo
- 06:04 – 08:17 Virgo
- 08:17 – 10:33 Libra
- 10:33 – 12:50 Scorpio
- 12:50 – 14:55 Sagittarius
- 14:55 – 16:40 Capricorn
- 16:40 – 18:11 Aquarius
- 18:11 – 19:39 Pisces
- 19:39 – 21:17 Aries
- 21:17 – 23:14 Taurus
- 23:14 – 01:28 next day Gemini
- 01:28 – 03:46 next day Cancer
- 03:46 – 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