Varanasi panchang, 21 November 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 14:29 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:25
- 06:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:07 to 06:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:55 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:50 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:32, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:55 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:00 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:30 – 23:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:50 – 05:55 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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 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 06:20 – 06:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:02 Libra
- 06:02 – 08:19 Scorpio
- 08:19 – 10:24 Sagittarius
- 10:24 – 12:08 Capricorn
- 12:08 – 13:39 Aquarius
- 13:39 – 15:08 Pisces
- 15:08 – 16:46 Aries
- 16:46 – 18:43 Taurus
- 18:43 – 20:57 Gemini
- 20:57 – 23:15 Cancer
- 23:15 – 01:29 next day Leo
- 01:29 – 03:41 next day Virgo
- 03:41 – 05:58 next day Libra
- 05:58 – 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