Varanasi panchang, 4 October 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:40 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:40
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:40 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:14 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:32
- Karana Kaulava until 05:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:32 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:40
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) 11:22 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:14 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:40 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 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
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:41 Leo
- 04:41 – 06:54 Virgo
- 06:54 – 09:11 Libra
- 09:11 – 11:28 Scorpio
- 11:28 – 13:32 Sagittarius
- 13:32 – 15:17 Capricorn
- 15:17 – 16:48 Aquarius
- 16:48 – 18:16 Pisces
- 18:16 – 19:55 Aries
- 19:55 – 21:52 Taurus
- 21:52 – 00:06 next day Gemini
- 00:06 – 02:23 next day Cancer
- 02:23 – 04:37 next day Leo
- 04:37 – 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