Varanasi panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 06:47 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:09
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:07 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Kimstughna until 19:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:11
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:09
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. 04:45 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:51 Libra
- 04:51 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:18 next day Leo
- 00:18 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 06:33 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