Varanasi panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 12:25 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 15:51
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:10 to 06:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:51
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:39 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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:39 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:32 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:33 Scorpio
- 06:33 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:29 Cancer
- 21:29 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:29 next day Scorpio
- 06:29 – 06:39 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