Varanasi panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 12:53 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:04
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:07 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:06 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:05
- Karana Balava until 18:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:05 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:04
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 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:07 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:14 Libra
- 06:14 – 08:31 Scorpio
- 08:31 – 10:35 Sagittarius
- 10:35 – 12:20 Capricorn
- 12:20 – 13:51 Aquarius
- 13:51 – 15:19 Pisces
- 15:19 – 16:58 Aries
- 16:58 – 18:55 Taurus
- 18:55 – 21:09 Gemini
- 21:09 – 23:26 Cancer
- 23:26 – 01:40 next day Leo
- 01:40 – 03:53 next day Virgo
- 03:53 – 06:10 next day Libra
- 06:10 – 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