Varanasi panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 13:50 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:25- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:59
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:25 to 06:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 00:50 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:50, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:50 – 03:14 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:02 – 06:00 next day
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. 04:19 – 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 17:25 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:25 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Char | 08:51 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:08 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:59 | Good |
| Rog | 15:59 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:25 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:08 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:25 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:51 Virgo
- 05:51 – 08:08 Libra
- 08:08 – 10:25 Scorpio
- 10:25 – 12:29 Sagittarius
- 12:29 – 14:14 Capricorn
- 14:14 – 15:45 Aquarius
- 15:45 – 17:13 Pisces
- 17:13 – 18:52 Aries
- 18:52 – 20:49 Taurus
- 20:49 – 23:03 Gemini
- 23:03 – 01:21 next day Cancer
- 01:21 – 03:34 next day Leo
- 03:34 – 05:47 next day Virgo
- 05:47 – 06:00 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