Varanasi panchang, 2 October 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 22:07 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 17:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:14
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:43 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:15
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:55 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:17
- Karana Vanija until 10:15, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:14
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 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 02:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 10:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:43 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:49 Leo
- 04:49 – 07:02 Virgo
- 07:02 – 09:19 Libra
- 09:19 – 11:35 Scorpio
- 11:35 – 13:40 Sagittarius
- 13:40 – 15:25 Capricorn
- 15:25 – 16:56 Aquarius
- 16:56 – 18:24 Pisces
- 18:24 – 20:02 Aries
- 20:02 – 22:00 Taurus
- 22:00 – 00:14 next day Gemini
- 00:14 – 02:31 next day Cancer
- 02:31 – 04:45 next day Leo
- 04:45 – 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