Varanasi panchang, 3 November 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 00:22 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 17:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:51
- 09:54 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:14 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 11:55
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:26 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 09:54
- Karana Gara until 11:55, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:54 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:26 – 11:03 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. 04:24 – 05:16
- 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 17:14 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:07 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:31 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 – 15:51 | Good |
| Rog | 15:51 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:28 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:04 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:55 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:56 Virgo
- 04:56 – 07:13 Libra
- 07:13 – 09:30 Scorpio
- 09:30 – 11:34 Sagittarius
- 11:34 – 13:19 Capricorn
- 13:19 – 14:50 Aquarius
- 14:50 – 16:18 Pisces
- 16:18 – 17:57 Aries
- 17:57 – 19:54 Taurus
- 19:54 – 22:08 Gemini
- 22:08 – 00:25 next day Cancer
- 00:25 – 02:39 next day Leo
- 02:39 – 04:52 next day Virgo
- 04:52 – 06:08 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