Varanasi panchang, 15 December 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 10:53 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 09:14 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 15:50
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:09 to 06:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:19
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:22, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:38 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:50
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 11:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:53 – 06:37 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. 04:49 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 11:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:55 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Char | 09:14 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 15:50 | Good |
| Rog | 15:50 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:31 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:09 Taurus
- 17:09 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:24 next day Libra
- 04:24 – 06:37 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