Varanasi panchang, 19 November 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 13:24 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:07 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:06
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:56 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:42
- Karana Kaulava until 07:06, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
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. 04:33 – 05:26
- 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 17:07 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 06:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:06 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:40 – 06:19 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:10 Libra
- 06:10 – 08:27 Scorpio
- 08:27 – 10:31 Sagittarius
- 10:31 – 12:16 Capricorn
- 12:16 – 13:47 Aquarius
- 13:47 – 15:16 Pisces
- 15:16 – 16:54 Aries
- 16:54 – 18:51 Taurus
- 18:51 – 21:05 Gemini
- 21:05 – 23:23 Cancer
- 23:23 – 01:36 next day Leo
- 01:36 – 03:49 next day Virgo
- 03:49 – 06:06 next day Libra
- 06:06 – 06:19 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