Varanasi panchang, 3 October 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 23:13 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 17:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:44
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:41 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:00
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:29 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 15:21
- Karana Bava until 08:00, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:44
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:21 – 01:57 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 – 05:03
- 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 17:41 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:45 Leo
- 04:45 – 06:58 Virgo
- 06:58 – 09:15 Libra
- 09:15 – 11:32 Scorpio
- 11:32 – 13:36 Sagittarius
- 13:36 – 15:21 Capricorn
- 15:21 – 16:52 Aquarius
- 16:52 – 18:20 Pisces
- 18:20 – 19:59 Aries
- 19:59 – 21:56 Taurus
- 21:56 – 00:10 next day Gemini
- 00:10 – 02:27 next day Cancer
- 02:27 – 04:41 next day Leo
- 04:41 – 05:52 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