Varanasi panchang, 2 December 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 00:15 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:06
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:06 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:52
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:31
- Karana Taitila until 10:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:06
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. 04:41 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:19 Libra
- 05:19 – 07:36 Scorpio
- 07:36 – 09:40 Sagittarius
- 09:40 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 12:56 Aquarius
- 12:56 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 16:03 Aries
- 16:03 – 18:00 Taurus
- 18:00 – 20:14 Gemini
- 20:14 – 22:31 Cancer
- 22:31 – 00:45 next day Leo
- 00:45 – 02:58 next day Virgo
- 02:58 – 05:15 next day Libra
- 05:15 – 06:28 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