Varanasi panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 11:01 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 17:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 16:02
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:29 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:29 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:02
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:57 – 06:47
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. 04:18 – 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 17:29 – 19:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:29 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:02 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:36 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:24 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:07 Virgo
- 06:07 – 08:23 Libra
- 08:23 – 10:40 Scorpio
- 10:40 – 12:45 Sagittarius
- 12:45 – 14:30 Capricorn
- 14:30 – 16:01 Aquarius
- 16:01 – 17:29 Pisces
- 17:29 – 19:07 Aries
- 19:07 – 21:05 Taurus
- 21:05 – 23:19 Gemini
- 23:19 – 01:36 next day Cancer
- 01:36 – 03:50 next day Leo
- 03:50 – 05:58 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