Varanasi panchang, 19 December 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 12:59 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:32
- 10:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:10 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:09
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 10:35
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:35
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:35 – 21:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:32
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:39 – 15:58
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. 04:51 – 05:45
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:32 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:18 Capricorn
- 10:18 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:07 Gemini
- 19:07 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 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