Varanasi panchang, 24 October 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 16:01 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:01 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:32
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:22 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 13:37
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:37, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:32
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 20:32 – 06:02 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 – 05:11
- 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 06:01 – 12:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:37 – 06:02 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:32 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:01 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
| Rog | 08:51 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:57 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:32 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:36 Virgo
- 05:36 – 07:52 Libra
- 07:52 – 10:09 Scorpio
- 10:09 – 12:14 Sagittarius
- 12:14 – 13:59 Capricorn
- 13:59 – 15:29 Aquarius
- 15:29 – 16:58 Pisces
- 16:58 – 18:36 Aries
- 18:36 – 20:33 Taurus
- 20:33 – 22:47 Gemini
- 22:47 – 01:05 next day Cancer
- 01:05 – 03:19 next day Leo
- 03:19 – 05:32 next day Virgo
- 05:32 – 06:02 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