Varanasi panchang, 3 December 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 01:12 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:08 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 14:58
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:06 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:04 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 23:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 09:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:54, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:04 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 14:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:28 – 09:23
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 23:04
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:08 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 11:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:47 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:26 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:27 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:07 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:15 Libra
- 05:15 – 07:32 Scorpio
- 07:32 – 09:36 Sagittarius
- 09:36 – 11:21 Capricorn
- 11:21 – 12:52 Aquarius
- 12:52 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 15:59 Aries
- 15:59 – 17:56 Taurus
- 17:56 – 20:10 Gemini
- 20:10 – 22:28 Cancer
- 22:28 – 00:41 next day Leo
- 00:41 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 05:11 next day Libra
- 05:11 – 06:29 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