Varanasi panchang, 29 September 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 19:23 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 17:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:48 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:16
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:10 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:46 to 05:50 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:10
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:03 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:13
- Karana Vanija until 06:14, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:20 – 04:32 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. 04:13 – 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 17:46 – 20:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:50 – 09:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 09:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:50 – 17:10
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 11:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:48 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:46 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:20 – 05:50 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:01 Leo
- 05:01 – 07:14 Virgo
- 07:14 – 09:30 Libra
- 09:30 – 11:47 Scorpio
- 11:47 – 13:52 Sagittarius
- 13:52 – 15:37 Capricorn
- 15:37 – 17:08 Aquarius
- 17:08 – 18:36 Pisces
- 18:36 – 20:14 Aries
- 20:14 – 22:11 Taurus
- 22:11 – 00:25 next day Gemini
- 00:25 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 04:57 next day Leo
- 04:57 – 05:50 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