Varanasi panchang, 31 October 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 22:12 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 17:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:29
- 06:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:57 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:16 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:00 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:57
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 17:31
- Karana Gara until 06:09, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:00 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:00 – 03:52 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. 04:23 – 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 17:16 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:53 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:16 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:05 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:08 Virgo
- 05:08 – 07:24 Libra
- 07:24 – 09:41 Scorpio
- 09:41 – 11:46 Sagittarius
- 11:46 – 13:31 Capricorn
- 13:31 – 15:02 Aquarius
- 15:02 – 16:30 Pisces
- 16:30 – 18:08 Aries
- 18:08 – 20:06 Taurus
- 20:06 – 22:20 Gemini
- 22:20 – 00:37 next day Cancer
- 00:37 – 02:51 next day Leo
- 02:51 – 05:04 next day Virgo
- 05:04 – 06:06 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