Varanasi panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 13:57 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 17:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:55
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:55 to 05:47 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:55
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. 04:12 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 05:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:34 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:17 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:51 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:47 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 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:36 Leo
- 05:36 – 07:49 Virgo
- 07:49 – 10:06 Libra
- 10:06 – 12:23 Scorpio
- 12:23 – 14:27 Sagittarius
- 14:27 – 16:12 Capricorn
- 16:12 – 17:43 Aquarius
- 17:43 – 19:11 Pisces
- 19:11 – 20:50 Aries
- 20:50 – 22:47 Taurus
- 22:47 – 01:01 next day Gemini
- 01:01 – 03:18 next day Cancer
- 03:18 – 05:32 next day Leo
- 05:32 – 05:47 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