Varanasi panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 10:28 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:24
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:00 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
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 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:00 – 20:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 05:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 05:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:45 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:52 Leo
- 05:52 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:21 Libra
- 10:21 – 12:38 Scorpio
- 12:38 – 14:43 Sagittarius
- 14:43 – 16:28 Capricorn
- 16:28 – 17:59 Aquarius
- 17:59 – 19:27 Pisces
- 19:27 – 21:05 Aries
- 21:05 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:16 next day Gemini
- 01:16 – 03:34 next day Cancer
- 03:34 – 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