Varanasi panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 11:23 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:12
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:09 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:45 Sagittarius
- 08:45 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:37 next day Scorpio
- 06:37 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
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