Varanasi panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 14:40 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:29
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:54 to 05:47 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:05
- Karana Taitila until 06:59, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:29
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:05 – 18:29
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:47 – 00:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:31 – 05:47 next day
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 17:54 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:47 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:47 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:54 | Good |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:47 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:32 Leo
- 05:32 – 07:45 Virgo
- 07:45 – 10:02 Libra
- 10:02 – 12:19 Scorpio
- 12:19 – 14:23 Sagittarius
- 14:23 – 16:08 Capricorn
- 16:08 – 17:39 Aquarius
- 17:39 – 19:07 Pisces
- 19:07 – 20:46 Aries
- 20:46 – 22:43 Taurus
- 22:43 – 00:57 next day Gemini
- 00:57 – 03:15 next day Cancer
- 03:15 – 05:28 next day Leo
- 05:28 – 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