Varanasi panchang, 1 October 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 21:05 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 17:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:50 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:44 to 05:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:35
- Nakshatra Krittika until 06:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:18
- Karana Taitila until 12:35, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:18 – 18:17 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 04:27 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:27 – 05:51 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. 04:14 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:50 – 12:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:27 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:50 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:47 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:44 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:20 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:53 Leo
- 04:53 – 07:06 Virgo
- 07:06 – 09:22 Libra
- 09:22 – 11:39 Scorpio
- 11:39 – 13:44 Sagittarius
- 13:44 – 15:29 Capricorn
- 15:29 – 17:00 Aquarius
- 17:00 – 18:28 Pisces
- 18:28 – 20:06 Aries
- 20:06 – 22:04 Taurus
- 22:04 – 00:17 next day Gemini
- 00:17 – 02:35 next day Cancer
- 02:35 – 04:49 next day Leo
- 04:49 – 05:51 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