Varanasi panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 13:14 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:08
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:26 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:26 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:52, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:08
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:35 – 02:35 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 08:58
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:58 – 17:25
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 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:38 – 05:59 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:38 – 05:59 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:25 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 16:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:00 – 17:26 | Good |
| Char | 17:26 – 19:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:55 Virgo
- 05:55 – 08:12 Libra
- 08:12 – 10:29 Scorpio
- 10:29 – 12:33 Sagittarius
- 12:33 – 14:18 Capricorn
- 14:18 – 15:49 Aquarius
- 15:49 – 17:17 Pisces
- 17:17 – 18:56 Aries
- 18:56 – 20:53 Taurus
- 20:53 – 23:07 Gemini
- 23:07 – 01:24 next day Cancer
- 01:24 – 03:38 next day Leo
- 03:38 – 05:51 next day Virgo
- 05:51 – 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