Varanasi panchang, 23 October 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 15:28 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 15:57
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:22 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:36
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:08
- Karana Balava until 14:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:08 – 01:44 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. 04:20 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:03 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:01 – 07:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:22 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:32 – 22:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:07 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:39 Virgo
- 05:39 – 07:56 Libra
- 07:56 – 10:13 Scorpio
- 10:13 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:02 Capricorn
- 14:02 – 15:33 Aquarius
- 15:33 – 17:02 Pisces
- 17:02 – 18:40 Aries
- 18:40 – 20:37 Taurus
- 20:37 – 22:51 Gemini
- 22:51 – 01:09 next day Cancer
- 01:09 – 03:23 next day Leo
- 03:23 – 05:36 next day Virgo
- 05:36 – 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