Varanasi panchang, 29 October 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 19:58 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:04 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:53 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:03
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:18 to 06:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:10
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 00:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:37, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:40 – 13:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 11:11
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:11 – 06:05 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. 04:22 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:10 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:04 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:53 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:05 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:54 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:54 – 20:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:05 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:53 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:16 Virgo
- 05:16 – 07:32 Libra
- 07:32 – 09:49 Scorpio
- 09:49 – 11:54 Sagittarius
- 11:54 – 13:39 Capricorn
- 13:39 – 15:10 Aquarius
- 15:10 – 16:38 Pisces
- 16:38 – 18:16 Aries
- 18:16 – 20:14 Taurus
- 20:14 – 22:27 Gemini
- 22:27 – 00:45 next day Cancer
- 00:45 – 02:59 next day Leo
- 02:59 – 05:12 next day Virgo
- 05:12 – 06:05 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