Varanasi panchang, 6 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 03:59 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:47 – 17:06
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:06 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:22 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:41
- Karana Gara until 13:34, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:41 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:06
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:38 – 06:31 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. 04:43 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:50 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:08 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:31 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 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:03 Libra
- 05:03 – 07:20 Scorpio
- 07:20 – 09:25 Sagittarius
- 09:25 – 11:09 Capricorn
- 11:09 – 12:40 Aquarius
- 12:40 – 14:09 Pisces
- 14:09 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:58 Gemini
- 19:58 – 22:16 Cancer
- 22:16 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 02:43 next day Virgo
- 02:43 – 04:59 next day Libra
- 04:59 – 06:31 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