Varanasi panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:16 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:19
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:16 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 15:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:41
- Karana Bava until 12:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:19
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. 04:56 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 15:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:43 – 12:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:37 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 15:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:57 – 17:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:44 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 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:46 Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:50 Sagittarius
- 07:50 – 09:35 Capricorn
- 09:35 – 11:06 Aquarius
- 11:06 – 12:34 Pisces
- 12:34 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:10 Taurus
- 16:10 – 18:24 Gemini
- 18:24 – 20:41 Cancer
- 20:41 – 22:55 Leo
- 22:55 – 01:08 next day Virgo
- 01:08 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:42 next day Scorpio
- 05:42 – 06:44 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