Varanasi panchang, 7 October 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 02:28 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 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:13
- 11:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:37 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:17
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:40 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:52 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:13
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:11 – 05:53 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 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:37 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 23:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:29 Leo
- 04:29 – 06:42 Virgo
- 06:42 – 08:59 Libra
- 08:59 – 11:16 Scorpio
- 11:16 – 13:21 Sagittarius
- 13:21 – 15:05 Capricorn
- 15:05 – 16:36 Aquarius
- 16:36 – 18:05 Pisces
- 18:05 – 19:43 Aries
- 19:43 – 21:40 Taurus
- 21:40 – 23:54 Gemini
- 23:54 – 02:12 next day Cancer
- 02:12 – 04:26 next day Leo
- 04:26 – 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