Varanasi panchang, 2 November 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:15 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 15:01
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:15 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:46 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:11
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:46 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 12:06
- Karana Kaulava until 13:11, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:46 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 15:01
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:29 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:28 – 23:29
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. 04:24 – 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 17:15 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:15 | Good |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:00 Virgo
- 05:00 – 07:17 Libra
- 07:17 – 09:34 Scorpio
- 09:34 – 11:38 Sagittarius
- 11:38 – 13:23 Capricorn
- 13:23 – 14:54 Aquarius
- 14:54 – 16:22 Pisces
- 16:22 – 18:01 Aries
- 18:01 – 19:58 Taurus
- 19:58 – 22:12 Gemini
- 22:12 – 00:29 next day Cancer
- 00:29 – 02:43 next day Leo
- 02:43 – 04:56 next day Virgo
- 04:56 – 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