Varanasi panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 14:24 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:08
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:24 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:00 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:24 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:47 Virgo
- 05:47 – 08:04 Libra
- 08:04 – 10:21 Scorpio
- 10:21 – 12:25 Sagittarius
- 12:25 – 14:10 Capricorn
- 14:10 – 15:41 Aquarius
- 15:41 – 17:10 Pisces
- 17:10 – 18:48 Aries
- 18:48 – 20:45 Taurus
- 20:45 – 22:59 Gemini
- 22:59 – 01:17 next day Cancer
- 01:17 – 03:31 next day Leo
- 03:31 – 05:43 next day Virgo
- 05:43 – 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