Varanasi panchang, 6 October 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 01:25 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 16:10
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:38 to 05:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:17 Moon enters Leo
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 07:20
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:17 Moon enters Leo
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:10
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 – 05:04
- 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 17:38 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 22:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:21 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:42 – 16:10 | Good |
| Rog | 16:10 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:38 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:10 – 20:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:42 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:21 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:33 Leo
- 04:33 – 06:46 Virgo
- 06:46 – 09:03 Libra
- 09:03 – 11:20 Scorpio
- 11:20 – 13:24 Sagittarius
- 13:24 – 15:09 Capricorn
- 15:09 – 16:40 Aquarius
- 16:40 – 18:08 Pisces
- 18:08 – 19:47 Aries
- 19:47 – 21:44 Taurus
- 21:44 – 23:58 Gemini
- 23:58 – 02:16 next day Cancer
- 02:16 – 04:29 next day Leo
- 04:29 – 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