Varanasi panchang, 17 November 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 12:21 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam 14:25 – 15:46
- 07:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:30 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:08 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:05 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 04:34 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:54
- Karana Vishti until 17:17, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 17:17
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 04:34 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:34 – 06:18 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. 04:32 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 06:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:34 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:38 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Rog | 15:46 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:04 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:39 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:18 Libra
- 06:18 – 08:35 Scorpio
- 08:35 – 10:39 Sagittarius
- 10:39 – 12:24 Capricorn
- 12:24 – 13:55 Aquarius
- 13:55 – 15:23 Pisces
- 15:23 – 17:02 Aries
- 17:02 – 18:59 Taurus
- 18:59 – 21:13 Gemini
- 21:13 – 23:30 Cancer
- 23:30 – 01:44 next day Leo
- 01:44 – 03:57 next day Virgo
- 03:57 – 06:14 next day Libra
- 06:14 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
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