Varanasi panchang, 15 October 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 10:08 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:57 – 07:23
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:11
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:30 to 05:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:30 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:25 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 21:15
- Karana Bava until 14:16, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:11
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 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 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 03:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:23 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:03 – 17:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:30 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:03 – 20:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:36 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:24 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:11 Virgo
- 06:11 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:44 Scorpio
- 10:44 – 12:49 Sagittarius
- 12:49 – 14:34 Capricorn
- 14:34 – 16:05 Aquarius
- 16:05 – 17:33 Pisces
- 17:33 – 19:11 Aries
- 19:11 – 21:09 Taurus
- 21:09 – 23:22 Gemini
- 23:22 – 01:40 next day Cancer
- 01:40 – 03:54 next day Leo
- 03:54 – 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