Varanasi panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 14:24 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:05
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:11 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:05
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. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:11 | Good |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:40 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:26 Sagittarius
- 08:26 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:17 Cancer
- 21:17 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 06:40 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