Varanasi panchang, 26 September 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 17:31 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 17:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:48 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 05:48 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:49
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:49 to 05:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:19 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:19
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 13:17
- Karana Vishti until 10:47, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:19 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:07 – 05:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:33 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:48 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
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. 04:13 – 05:01
- 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 17:49 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:48 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:49 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:13 Leo
- 05:13 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:42 Libra
- 09:42 – 11:59 Scorpio
- 11:59 – 14:04 Sagittarius
- 14:04 – 15:49 Capricorn
- 15:49 – 17:19 Aquarius
- 17:19 – 18:48 Pisces
- 18:48 – 20:26 Aries
- 20:26 – 22:23 Taurus
- 22:23 – 00:37 next day Gemini
- 00:37 – 02:55 next day Cancer
- 02:55 – 05:09 next day Leo
- 05:09 – 05:49 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