Varanasi panchang, 26 October 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 17:17 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:05
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:20 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 14:17
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:05
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. 04:21 – 05:12
- 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 17:20 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:20 | Good |
| Char | 17:20 – 18:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:06 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 06:03 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:28 Virgo
- 05:28 – 07:44 Libra
- 07:44 – 10:01 Scorpio
- 10:01 – 12:06 Sagittarius
- 12:06 – 13:51 Capricorn
- 13:51 – 15:21 Aquarius
- 15:21 – 16:50 Pisces
- 16:50 – 18:28 Aries
- 18:28 – 20:25 Taurus
- 20:25 – 22:39 Gemini
- 22:39 – 00:57 next day Cancer
- 00:57 – 03:11 next day Leo
- 03:11 – 05:24 next day Virgo
- 05:24 – 06:03 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