Varanasi panchang, 19 September 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 13:10 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:54
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:57 to 05:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:27
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:43 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:29
- Karana Bava until 15:27, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:54
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 – 04:59
- 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 17:57 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:27 – 05:46 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Char | 11:51 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:40 Leo
- 05:40 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 10:10 Libra
- 10:10 – 12:27 Scorpio
- 12:27 – 14:31 Sagittarius
- 14:31 – 16:16 Capricorn
- 16:16 – 17:47 Aquarius
- 17:47 – 19:15 Pisces
- 19:15 – 20:54 Aries
- 20:54 – 22:51 Taurus
- 22:51 – 01:05 next day Gemini
- 01:05 – 03:22 next day Cancer
- 03:22 – 05:36 next day Leo
- 05:36 – 05:46 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