Varanasi panchang, 17 September 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 11:24 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 17:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:45 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:32
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:59 to 05:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:49
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:32
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:45 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:45 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:45 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:48 Leo
- 05:48 – 08:01 Virgo
- 08:01 – 10:17 Libra
- 10:17 – 12:34 Scorpio
- 12:34 – 14:39 Sagittarius
- 14:39 – 16:24 Capricorn
- 16:24 – 17:55 Aquarius
- 17:55 – 19:23 Pisces
- 19:23 – 21:01 Aries
- 21:01 – 22:59 Taurus
- 22:59 – 01:13 next day Gemini
- 01:13 – 03:30 next day Cancer
- 03:30 – 05:44 next day Leo
- 05:44 – 05:45 next day Virgo
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