Varanasi panchang, 14 November 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 10:29 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:15 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:03 – 14:25
- 10:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:09 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:24
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 06:22 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:03 – 14:25
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. 04:30 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:04
- 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 20:24 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:15 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:03 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 06:29 Libra
- 06:29 – 08:46 Scorpio
- 08:46 – 10:51 Sagittarius
- 10:51 – 12:36 Capricorn
- 12:36 – 14:07 Aquarius
- 14:07 – 15:35 Pisces
- 15:35 – 17:13 Aries
- 17:13 – 19:11 Taurus
- 19:11 – 21:24 Gemini
- 21:24 – 23:42 Cancer
- 23:42 – 01:56 next day Leo
- 01:56 – 04:09 next day Virgo
- 04:09 – 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