Varanasi panchang, 12 November 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 08:53 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:13 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:03 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:58
- 14:19 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:19 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:10 to 06:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 18:09
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:19 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 04:26 next day
- Karana Gara until 18:09, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:19 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:19 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:03 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:58
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. 04:29 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:19 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:13 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:03 – 14:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:26 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:48 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:48 – 20:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:26 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:58 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:37 Libra
- 06:37 – 08:54 Scorpio
- 08:54 – 10:59 Sagittarius
- 10:59 – 12:44 Capricorn
- 12:44 – 14:15 Aquarius
- 14:15 – 15:43 Pisces
- 15:43 – 17:21 Aries
- 17:21 – 19:18 Taurus
- 19:18 – 21:32 Gemini
- 21:32 – 23:50 Cancer
- 23:50 – 02:04 next day Leo
- 02:04 – 04:17 next day Virgo
- 04:17 – 06:14 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