Varanasi panchang, 7 November 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 04:12 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:10 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam 08:55 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:27
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:12 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Moon enters Libra
- 23:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:48
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:52 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 03:27 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:48, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Moon enters Libra
- 23:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 05:52 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. 04:26 – 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 17:12 – 19:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:48 – 06:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 06:11 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:10 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 08:55 | Good |
| Rog | 08:55 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:27 – 15:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:49 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:27 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:33 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:40 Virgo
- 04:40 – 06:57 Libra
- 06:57 – 09:14 Scorpio
- 09:14 – 11:19 Sagittarius
- 11:19 – 13:03 Capricorn
- 13:03 – 14:34 Aquarius
- 14:34 – 16:03 Pisces
- 16:03 – 17:41 Aries
- 17:41 – 19:38 Taurus
- 19:38 – 21:52 Gemini
- 21:52 – 00:10 next day Cancer
- 00:10 – 02:24 next day Leo
- 02:24 – 04:37 next day Virgo
- 04:37 – 06:11 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