Varanasi panchang, 22 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 14:56 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 17:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:07
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:23 to 06:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 14:48
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:39
- Karana Vishti until 14:48, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:07
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. 04:20 – 05:10
- 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 17:23 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:26 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:58 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:58 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:07 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:26 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:43 Virgo
- 05:43 – 08:00 Libra
- 08:00 – 10:17 Scorpio
- 10:17 – 12:22 Sagittarius
- 12:22 – 14:06 Capricorn
- 14:06 – 15:37 Aquarius
- 15:37 – 17:06 Pisces
- 17:06 – 18:44 Aries
- 18:44 – 20:41 Taurus
- 20:41 – 22:55 Gemini
- 22:55 – 01:13 next day Cancer
- 01:13 – 03:27 next day Leo
- 03:27 – 05:39 next day Virgo
- 05:39 – 06:01 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