Varanasi panchang, 14 September 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 08:33 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 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:34
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:02 to 05:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:07
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 12:46
- Karana Gara until 07:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:34
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:44 – 13:55
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) 11:28 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:55 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:44 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:00 Leo
- 06:00 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:29 Libra
- 10:29 – 12:46 Scorpio
- 12:46 – 14:51 Sagittarius
- 14:51 – 16:36 Capricorn
- 16:36 – 18:07 Aquarius
- 18:07 – 19:35 Pisces
- 19:35 – 21:13 Aries
- 21:13 – 23:10 Taurus
- 23:10 – 01:24 next day Gemini
- 01:24 – 03:42 next day Cancer
- 03:42 – 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