Varanasi panchang, 1 November 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 23:19 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:52 – 17:16
- 14:39 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:16 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:52
- Nakshatra Pushya until 04:30 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 14:39
- Karana Bava until 14:52, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:39 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:16
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 – 05:15
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 04:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:06 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 08:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:16 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:05 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:04 Virgo
- 05:04 – 07:21 Libra
- 07:21 – 09:38 Scorpio
- 09:38 – 11:42 Sagittarius
- 11:42 – 13:27 Capricorn
- 13:27 – 14:58 Aquarius
- 14:58 – 16:26 Pisces
- 16:26 – 18:05 Aries
- 18:05 – 20:02 Taurus
- 20:02 – 22:16 Gemini
- 22:16 – 00:33 next day Cancer
- 00:33 – 02:47 next day Leo
- 02:47 – 05:00 next day Virgo
- 05:00 – 06:07 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