Varanasi panchang, 15 September 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 09:30 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 18:01- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:29
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:20 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:01 to 05:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:44
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:21 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 12:20
- Karana Vishti until 07:44, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:20 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 20:17 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:29
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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 15:21
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:44 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:01 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:29 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:56 Leo
- 05:56 – 08:09 Virgo
- 08:09 – 10:25 Libra
- 10:25 – 12:42 Scorpio
- 12:42 – 14:47 Sagittarius
- 14:47 – 16:32 Capricorn
- 16:32 – 18:03 Aquarius
- 18:03 – 19:31 Pisces
- 19:31 – 21:09 Aries
- 21:09 – 23:06 Taurus
- 23:06 – 01:20 next day Gemini
- 01:20 – 03:38 next day Cancer
- 03:38 – 05:45 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