Varanasi panchang, 5 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 03:03 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:27
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:53
- Karana Kaulava until 12:15, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 11:49
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. 04:43 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:49 – 06:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:49 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:49 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:27 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:27 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:07 Libra
- 05:07 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:29 Sagittarius
- 09:29 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:44 Aquarius
- 12:44 – 14:13 Pisces
- 14:13 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 20:02 Gemini
- 20:02 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 00:34 next day Leo
- 00:34 – 02:46 next day Virgo
- 02:46 – 05:03 next day Libra
- 05:03 – 06:30 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