Varanasi panchang, 20 November 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 13:56 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:46
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:07 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 06:40
- Karana Gara until 07:16, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:40 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:00 – 06:32 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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:05
- 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 06:19 – 06:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:06 Libra
- 06:06 – 08:23 Scorpio
- 08:23 – 10:28 Sagittarius
- 10:28 – 12:12 Capricorn
- 12:12 – 13:43 Aquarius
- 13:43 – 15:12 Pisces
- 15:12 – 16:50 Aries
- 16:50 – 18:47 Taurus
- 18:47 – 21:01 Gemini
- 21:01 – 23:19 Cancer
- 23:19 – 01:33 next day Leo
- 01:33 – 03:45 next day Virgo
- 03:45 – 06:02 next day Libra
- 06:02 – 06:20 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