Varanasi panchang, 8 October 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 03:28 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 17:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:53 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:16
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:36 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:16
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:20 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 00:58 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:44, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 03:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:53 – 07:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 21:20 – 05:54 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:21 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:41 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:08 – 17:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:36 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:09 – 20:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:41 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:26 Leo
- 04:26 – 06:38 Virgo
- 06:38 – 08:55 Libra
- 08:55 – 11:12 Scorpio
- 11:12 – 13:17 Sagittarius
- 13:17 – 15:01 Capricorn
- 15:01 – 16:32 Aquarius
- 16:32 – 18:01 Pisces
- 18:01 – 19:39 Aries
- 19:39 – 21:36 Taurus
- 21:36 – 23:50 Gemini
- 23:50 – 02:08 next day Cancer
- 02:08 – 04:22 next day Leo
- 04:22 – 05:54 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