Varanasi panchang, 24 September 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 16:27 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:48 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:26
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:51 to 05:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:18
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:35 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:54
- Karana Kaulava until 11:09, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:54 – 17:54
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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:35 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:48 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:21 Leo
- 05:21 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 09:50 Libra
- 09:50 – 12:07 Scorpio
- 12:07 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 15:56 Capricorn
- 15:56 – 17:27 Aquarius
- 17:27 – 18:56 Pisces
- 18:56 – 20:34 Aries
- 20:34 – 22:31 Taurus
- 22:31 – 00:45 next day Gemini
- 00:45 – 03:03 next day Cancer
- 03:03 – 05:17 next day Leo
- 05:17 – 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