Varanasi panchang, 5 October 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 00:20 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 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:21 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:18
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:39 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 02:08 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 09:51
- Karana Vanija until 14:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:18
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:59 – 02:08 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. 04:15 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 23:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:43 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:11 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:43 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:37 Leo
- 04:37 – 06:50 Virgo
- 06:50 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:24 Scorpio
- 11:24 – 13:28 Sagittarius
- 13:28 – 15:13 Capricorn
- 15:13 – 16:44 Aquarius
- 16:44 – 18:12 Pisces
- 18:12 – 19:51 Aries
- 19:51 – 21:48 Taurus
- 21:48 – 00:02 next day Gemini
- 00:02 – 02:19 next day Cancer
- 02:19 – 04:33 next day Leo
- 04:33 – 05:53 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