Varanasi panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 15:54 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 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:20
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:52 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:51
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:27
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:09 – 05:48 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 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 22:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:47 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:48 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
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:25 Leo
- 05:25 – 07:37 Virgo
- 07:37 – 09:54 Libra
- 09:54 – 12:11 Scorpio
- 12:11 – 14:16 Sagittarius
- 14:16 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:31 Aquarius
- 17:31 – 19:00 Pisces
- 19:00 – 20:38 Aries
- 20:38 – 22:35 Taurus
- 22:35 – 00:49 next day Gemini
- 00:49 – 03:07 next day Cancer
- 03:07 – 05:21 next day Leo
- 05:21 – 05:48 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