Varanasi panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 12:34 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:01 – 17:27
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:27 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:27 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:27
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 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:24 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:01 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:27 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:01 – 20:35 | Good |
| Char | 20:35 – 22:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:09 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 05:59 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 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:59 Virgo
- 05:59 – 08:16 Libra
- 08:16 – 10:33 Scorpio
- 10:33 – 12:37 Sagittarius
- 12:37 – 14:22 Capricorn
- 14:22 – 15:53 Aquarius
- 15:53 – 17:21 Pisces
- 17:21 – 19:00 Aries
- 19:00 – 20:57 Taurus
- 20:57 – 23:11 Gemini
- 23:11 – 01:28 next day Cancer
- 01:28 – 03:42 next day Leo
- 03:42 – 05:55 next day Virgo
- 05:55 – 05:59 next day Libra
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