Varanasi panchang, 26 November 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 18:48 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:23 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:57
- 07:11 Moon enters Gemini
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:15 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:06 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:15
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:47 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 07:49
- Karana Gara until 13:15, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:11 Moon enters Gemini
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 17:47
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:47 – 06:24 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. 04:37 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:23 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:44 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:05 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:05 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:42 Libra
- 05:42 – 07:59 Scorpio
- 07:59 – 10:04 Sagittarius
- 10:04 – 11:49 Capricorn
- 11:49 – 13:20 Aquarius
- 13:20 – 14:48 Pisces
- 14:48 – 16:26 Aries
- 16:26 – 18:23 Taurus
- 18:23 – 20:37 Gemini
- 20:37 – 22:55 Cancer
- 22:55 – 01:09 next day Leo
- 01:09 – 03:22 next day Virgo
- 03:22 – 05:38 next day Libra
- 05:38 – 06:24 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