Varanasi panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 00:02 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:44 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:10
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:17 to 06:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:32
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:26
- Karana Kaulava until 12:32, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 10:57
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:26 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:10
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 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 17:17 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:03 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:58 – 17:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:17 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:58 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:46 Sagittarius
- 07:46 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 11:02 Aquarius
- 11:02 – 12:30 Pisces
- 12:30 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:20 Gemini
- 18:20 – 20:37 Cancer
- 20:37 – 22:51 Leo
- 22:51 – 01:04 next day Virgo
- 01:04 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 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