Varanasi panchang, 30 October 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 21:04 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:53
- 08:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:17 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 19:25
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 09:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 20:41
- Karana Kaulava until 08:46, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:53
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. 04:23 – 05:14
- 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 17:17 – 19:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:25 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:17 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:05 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:53 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:12 Virgo
- 05:12 – 07:28 Libra
- 07:28 – 09:45 Scorpio
- 09:45 – 11:50 Sagittarius
- 11:50 – 13:35 Capricorn
- 13:35 – 15:06 Aquarius
- 15:06 – 16:34 Pisces
- 16:34 – 18:12 Aries
- 18:12 – 20:10 Taurus
- 20:10 – 22:23 Gemini
- 22:23 – 00:41 next day Cancer
- 00:41 – 02:55 next day Leo
- 02:55 – 05:08 next day Virgo
- 05:08 – 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