Varanasi panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 07:18 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 17:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:22 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:13
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:32 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:13
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:32
- Karana Balava until 09:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:13
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 – 05:06
- 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 17:32 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:32 | Good |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 06:23 Virgo
- 06:23 – 08:39 Libra
- 08:39 – 10:56 Scorpio
- 10:56 – 13:01 Sagittarius
- 13:01 – 14:46 Capricorn
- 14:46 – 16:17 Aquarius
- 16:17 – 17:45 Pisces
- 17:45 – 19:23 Aries
- 19:23 – 21:20 Taurus
- 21:20 – 23:34 Gemini
- 23:34 – 01:52 next day Cancer
- 01:52 – 04:06 next day Leo
- 04:06 – 05:56 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