Varanasi panchang, 6 November 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 03:16 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:50
- 10:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:31 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:13 to 06:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:10 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:31
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:43 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 04:10 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:31, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:10 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- 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
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:50
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. 04:26 – 05:18
- 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
| Char | 06:09 – 07:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:32 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Char | 15:50 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:50 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:56 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:44 Virgo
- 04:44 – 07:01 Libra
- 07:01 – 09:18 Scorpio
- 09:18 – 11:23 Sagittarius
- 11:23 – 13:07 Capricorn
- 13:07 – 14:38 Aquarius
- 14:38 – 16:07 Pisces
- 16:07 – 17:45 Aries
- 17:45 – 19:42 Taurus
- 19:42 – 21:56 Gemini
- 21:56 – 00:14 next day Cancer
- 00:14 – 02:28 next day Leo
- 02:28 – 04:40 next day Virgo
- 04:40 – 06:10 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