Varanasi panchang, 9 October 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 04:26 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 16:08
- 09:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:35 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:20
- Karana Vishti until 09:53, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 03:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:08
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. 04:16 – 05:05
- 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 17:35 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:35 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:22 Leo
- 04:22 – 06:34 Virgo
- 06:34 – 08:51 Libra
- 08:51 – 11:08 Scorpio
- 11:08 – 13:13 Sagittarius
- 13:13 – 14:58 Capricorn
- 14:58 – 16:28 Aquarius
- 16:28 – 17:57 Pisces
- 17:57 – 19:35 Aries
- 19:35 – 21:32 Taurus
- 21:32 – 23:46 Gemini
- 23:46 – 02:04 next day Cancer
- 02:04 – 04:18 next day Leo
- 04:18 – 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