Varanasi panchang, 27 September 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 18:05 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:48
- 09:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:48 to 05:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:59 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Balava until 09:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:59 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:48
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) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:49 – 11:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:49 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:48 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:09 Leo
- 05:09 – 07:22 Virgo
- 07:22 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 11:55 Scorpio
- 11:55 – 14:00 Sagittarius
- 14:00 – 15:45 Capricorn
- 15:45 – 17:15 Aquarius
- 17:15 – 18:44 Pisces
- 18:44 – 20:22 Aries
- 20:22 – 22:19 Taurus
- 22:19 – 00:33 next day Gemini
- 00:33 – 02:51 next day Cancer
- 02:51 – 05:05 next day Leo
- 05:05 – 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