Varanasi panchang, 13 November 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 09:44 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:47
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:09 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:43
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 05:22 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:24, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:22 – 07:22 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. 04:29 – 05:22
- 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 17:09 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 17:17
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:03 | Good |
| Rog | 13:03 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:26 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:33 Libra
- 06:33 – 08:50 Scorpio
- 08:50 – 10:55 Sagittarius
- 10:55 – 12:40 Capricorn
- 12:40 – 14:11 Aquarius
- 14:11 – 15:39 Pisces
- 15:39 – 17:17 Aries
- 17:17 – 19:15 Taurus
- 19:15 – 21:28 Gemini
- 21:28 – 23:46 Cancer
- 23:46 – 02:00 next day Leo
- 02:00 – 04:13 next day Virgo
- 04:13 – 06:15 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