Varanasi panchang, 11 October 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 06:20 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 17:33- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:33
- 09:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:04 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:33 to 05:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:31
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:05
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:22, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:04 Moon enters Libra
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:05 – 22:17
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 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:22 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:33 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:39 | Good |
| Char | 20:39 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:23 – 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
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 06:27 Virgo
- 06:27 – 08:43 Libra
- 08:43 – 11:00 Scorpio
- 11:00 – 13:05 Sagittarius
- 13:05 – 14:50 Capricorn
- 14:50 – 16:20 Aquarius
- 16:20 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 19:27 Aries
- 19:27 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:38 Gemini
- 23:38 – 01:56 next day Cancer
- 01:56 – 04:10 next day Leo
- 04:10 – 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