Varanasi panchang, 13 October 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 08:15 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:31- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:38 – 16:04
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:31 to 05:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:28
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:43 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 20:23
- Karana Taitila until 10:46, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:04
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. 04:17 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 23:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:56 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:23 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Char | 08:50 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:38 – 16:04 | Good |
| Rog | 16:04 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:31 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:05 – 20:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:38 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:23 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:19 Virgo
- 06:19 – 08:35 Libra
- 08:35 – 10:52 Scorpio
- 10:52 – 12:57 Sagittarius
- 12:57 – 14:42 Capricorn
- 14:42 – 16:13 Aquarius
- 16:13 – 17:41 Pisces
- 17:41 – 19:19 Aries
- 19:19 – 21:16 Taurus
- 21:16 – 23:30 Gemini
- 23:30 – 01:48 next day Cancer
- 01:48 – 04:02 next day Leo
- 04:02 – 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