Varanasi panchang, 11 December 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 08:26 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:48
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:07 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:23
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:04 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 10:18
- Karana Kaulava until 11:23, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:48
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 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:04 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:38 Gemini
- 19:38 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 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