Varanasi panchang, 9 November 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 06:05 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 17:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:34 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:59
- 07:24 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:32 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:11 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:48 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:32
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:57 next day
- Karana Naga until 12:32, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:24 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:32 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:48 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:59
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 17:11 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:11 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:34 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:26 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:11 | Good |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:26 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 06:12 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:33 Virgo
- 04:33 – 06:49 Libra
- 06:49 – 09:06 Scorpio
- 09:06 – 11:11 Sagittarius
- 11:11 – 12:56 Capricorn
- 12:56 – 14:26 Aquarius
- 14:26 – 15:55 Pisces
- 15:55 – 17:33 Aries
- 17:33 – 19:30 Taurus
- 19:30 – 21:44 Gemini
- 21:44 – 00:02 next day Cancer
- 00:02 – 02:16 next day Leo
- 02:16 – 04:29 next day Virgo
- 04:29 – 06:12 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