Varanasi panchang, 29 December 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 23:05 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 09:21 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:38 – 15:57
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:16 to 06:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:25
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:30
- Karana Vanija until 13:25, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:18
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:25 – 21:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 15:57
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. 04:55 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 12:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:43 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:02 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Char | 09:21 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:38 – 15:57 | Good |
| Rog | 15:57 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:16 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:38 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:54 Sagittarius
- 07:54 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:12 next day Virgo
- 01:12 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 06:43 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