Varanasi panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 09:13 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 17:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:10
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:30 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:39
- Karana Vanija until 12:17, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:10
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 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:56 – 04:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 04:03 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 04:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:57 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 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:15 Virgo
- 06:15 – 08:31 Libra
- 08:31 – 10:48 Scorpio
- 10:48 – 12:53 Sagittarius
- 12:53 – 14:38 Capricorn
- 14:38 – 16:09 Aquarius
- 16:09 – 17:37 Pisces
- 17:37 – 19:15 Aries
- 19:15 – 21:12 Taurus
- 21:12 – 23:26 Gemini
- 23:26 – 01:44 next day Cancer
- 01:44 – 03:58 next day Leo
- 03:58 – 05:57 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