Varanasi panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 20:11 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 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:17
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:45 to 05:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 00:20 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:17
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:50 – 07:36
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 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:36 – 05:50 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:36 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:57 Leo
- 04:57 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:26 Libra
- 09:26 – 11:43 Scorpio
- 11:43 – 13:48 Sagittarius
- 13:48 – 15:33 Capricorn
- 15:33 – 17:04 Aquarius
- 17:04 – 18:32 Pisces
- 18:32 – 20:10 Aries
- 20:10 – 22:08 Taurus
- 22:08 – 00:21 next day Gemini
- 00:21 – 02:39 next day Cancer
- 02:39 – 04:53 next day Leo
- 04:53 – 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