Varanasi panchang, 25 November 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 17:41 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:05
- 06:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 16:50
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:36 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 11:59
- Karana Balava until 06:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:05
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. 04:36 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- 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 06:23 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:50 – 06:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:36 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:46 Libra
- 05:46 – 08:03 Scorpio
- 08:03 – 10:08 Sagittarius
- 10:08 – 11:53 Capricorn
- 11:53 – 13:24 Aquarius
- 13:24 – 14:52 Pisces
- 14:52 – 16:30 Aries
- 16:30 – 18:27 Taurus
- 18:27 – 20:41 Gemini
- 20:41 – 22:59 Cancer
- 22:59 – 01:13 next day Leo
- 01:13 – 03:26 next day Virgo
- 03:26 – 05:42 next day Libra
- 05:42 – 06:23 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