Varanasi panchang, 10 December 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 07:38 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:12 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:00
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:07 to 06:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:58 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 09:24
- Karana Bava until 08:46, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:31
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:24 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:00
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. 04:46 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 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
| Shubh | 06:33 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:12 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:09 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:48 – 20:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:29 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:47 Libra
- 04:47 – 07:04 Scorpio
- 07:04 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:31 Aries
- 15:31 – 17:28 Taurus
- 17:28 – 19:42 Gemini
- 19:42 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 06:34 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