Varanasi panchang, 22 November 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 15:07 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 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:06
- 15:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 06:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 02:37 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 04:15 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:29
- Karana Kaulava until 15:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:15 – 06:21 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. 04:35 – 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 17:06 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 04:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:15 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Rog | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Char | 20:25 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:21 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 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:58 Libra
- 05:58 – 08:15 Scorpio
- 08:15 – 10:20 Sagittarius
- 10:20 – 12:05 Capricorn
- 12:05 – 13:35 Aquarius
- 13:35 – 15:04 Pisces
- 15:04 – 16:42 Aries
- 16:42 – 18:39 Taurus
- 18:39 – 20:53 Gemini
- 20:53 – 23:11 Cancer
- 23:11 – 01:25 next day Leo
- 01:25 – 03:38 next day Virgo
- 03:38 – 05:54 next day Libra
- 05:54 – 06:21 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