Varanasi panchang, 10 October 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 05:23 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 17:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:54 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:39
- 09:24 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:34 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:20
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 22:02
- Karana Chatushpada until 09:24, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:24 Karana becomes Naga
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:02 – 21:05 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:54 – 21:42
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:42 – 05:55 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. 04:16 – 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 17:34 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:54 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:39 – 16:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:07 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:34 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:07 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:22 – 05:55 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
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:18 Leo
- 04:18 – 06:31 Virgo
- 06:31 – 08:47 Libra
- 08:47 – 11:04 Scorpio
- 11:04 – 13:09 Sagittarius
- 13:09 – 14:54 Capricorn
- 14:54 – 16:24 Aquarius
- 16:24 – 17:53 Pisces
- 17:53 – 19:31 Aries
- 19:31 – 21:28 Taurus
- 21:28 – 23:42 Gemini
- 23:42 – 02:00 next day Cancer
- 02:00 – 04:14 next day Leo
- 04:14 – 05:55 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