Varanasi panchang, 8 November 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 05:08 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 17:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:26 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:49 – 17:12
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:28 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:12 to 06:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 11:28
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:24 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 03:03 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 11:28, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:28 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:12
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. 04:27 – 05:19
- 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 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:11 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:33 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:26 | Good |
| Rog | 14:26 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:49 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:26 | Good |
| Char | 20:26 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:34 – 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
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:37 Virgo
- 04:37 – 06:53 Libra
- 06:53 – 09:10 Scorpio
- 09:10 – 11:15 Sagittarius
- 11:15 – 13:00 Capricorn
- 13:00 – 14:30 Aquarius
- 14:30 – 15:59 Pisces
- 15:59 – 17:37 Aries
- 17:37 – 19:34 Taurus
- 19:34 – 21:48 Gemini
- 21:48 – 00:06 next day Cancer
- 00:06 – 02:20 next day Leo
- 02:20 – 04:33 next day Virgo
- 04:33 – 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