Varanasi panchang, 23 November 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 15:50 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:06 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:42
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 19:58
- Karana Gara until 13:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:58 – 06:02 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 – 05:28
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 02:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:54 Libra
- 05:54 – 08:11 Scorpio
- 08:11 – 10:16 Sagittarius
- 10:16 – 12:01 Capricorn
- 12:01 – 13:31 Aquarius
- 13:31 – 15:00 Pisces
- 15:00 – 16:38 Aries
- 16:38 – 18:35 Taurus
- 18:35 – 20:49 Gemini
- 20:49 – 23:07 Cancer
- 23:07 – 01:21 next day Leo
- 01:21 – 03:34 next day Virgo
- 03:34 – 05:50 next day Libra
- 05:50 – 06:22 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