Varanasi panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 11:53 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:03
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:09 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 07:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:03
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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:37 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:31 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:50 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:50 – 20:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:32 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:37 Scorpio
- 06:37 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:26 Capricorn
- 10:26 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:33 next day Scorpio
- 06:33 – 06:38 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