Varanasi panchang, 26 December 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 19:56 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:36
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:14 to 06:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 06:35 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:05
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:22 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:42, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 06:35 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:16 – 00:22 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:42 – 20:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:22 – 01:34 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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:05 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:01 Scorpio
- 06:01 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:22 Aquarius
- 11:22 – 12:50 Pisces
- 12:50 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:25 Taurus
- 16:25 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 03:40 next day Libra
- 03:40 – 05:57 next day Scorpio
- 05:57 – 06:42 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