Varanasi panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 11:47 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:58
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:08 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:16
- Karana Gara until 15:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 17:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:34 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:26 – 13:42
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. 04:31 – 05:24
- 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 17:08 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 02:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 02:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:08 | Good |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:22 Libra
- 06:22 – 08:39 Scorpio
- 08:39 – 10:43 Sagittarius
- 10:43 – 12:28 Capricorn
- 12:28 – 13:59 Aquarius
- 13:59 – 15:27 Pisces
- 15:27 – 17:06 Aries
- 17:06 – 19:03 Taurus
- 19:03 – 21:17 Gemini
- 21:17 – 23:34 Cancer
- 23:34 – 01:48 next day Leo
- 01:48 – 04:01 next day Virgo
- 04:01 – 06:17 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