Varanasi panchang, 5 November 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 02:20 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 15:00
- 06:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 09:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:13 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:09 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 10:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:56 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 06:26
- Karana Balava until 10:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 09:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:09 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:26 – 05:09 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:09 – 06:21 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:09 – 03:56 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. 04:25 – 05:17
- 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 17:13 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:32 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:55 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:27 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:50 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:50 – 20:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:27 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:55 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:48 Virgo
- 04:48 – 07:05 Libra
- 07:05 – 09:22 Scorpio
- 09:22 – 11:26 Sagittarius
- 11:26 – 13:11 Capricorn
- 13:11 – 14:42 Aquarius
- 14:42 – 16:11 Pisces
- 16:11 – 17:49 Aries
- 17:49 – 19:46 Taurus
- 19:46 – 22:00 Gemini
- 22:00 – 00:18 next day Cancer
- 00:18 – 02:32 next day Leo
- 02:32 – 04:44 next day Virgo
- 04:44 – 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