Varanasi panchang, 17 October 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 11:50 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:35
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:28 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:47 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:02
- Karana Gara until 19:12, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:35
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 – 05:08
- 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 17:28 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 09:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 16:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:01 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:28 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:09 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:03 Virgo
- 06:03 – 08:20 Libra
- 08:20 – 10:36 Scorpio
- 10:36 – 12:41 Sagittarius
- 12:41 – 14:26 Capricorn
- 14:26 – 15:57 Aquarius
- 15:57 – 17:25 Pisces
- 17:25 – 19:04 Aries
- 19:04 – 21:01 Taurus
- 21:01 – 23:15 Gemini
- 23:15 – 01:32 next day Cancer
- 01:32 – 03:46 next day Leo
- 03:46 – 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