Varanasi panchang, 4 November 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 01:22 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:04
- 08:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:14 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 11:03
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:30 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 08:01
- Karana Vishti until 11:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:26 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
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. 04:25 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:27 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:52 Virgo
- 04:52 – 07:09 Libra
- 07:09 – 09:26 Scorpio
- 09:26 – 11:30 Sagittarius
- 11:30 – 13:15 Capricorn
- 13:15 – 14:46 Aquarius
- 14:46 – 16:14 Pisces
- 16:14 – 17:53 Aries
- 17:53 – 19:50 Taurus
- 19:50 – 22:04 Gemini
- 22:04 – 00:22 next day Cancer
- 00:22 – 02:35 next day Leo
- 02:35 – 04:48 next day Virgo
- 04:48 – 06:09 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