Varanasi panchang, 3 August 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 21:30 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:06 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:02
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:41 to 05:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:54 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:13
- Karana Kaulava until 11:09, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:54 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:02
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. 04:00 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:06 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 17:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:01 – 18:41 | Good |
| Char | 18:41 – 20:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:06 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:13 Gemini
- 04:13 – 06:31 Cancer
- 06:31 – 08:45 Leo
- 08:45 – 10:58 Virgo
- 10:58 – 13:14 Libra
- 13:14 – 15:31 Scorpio
- 15:31 – 17:36 Sagittarius
- 17:36 – 19:21 Capricorn
- 19:21 – 20:52 Aquarius
- 20:52 – 22:20 Pisces
- 22:20 – 23:58 Aries
- 23:58 – 01:56 next day Taurus
- 01:56 – 04:09 next day Gemini
- 04:09 – 05:27 next day Cancer
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