Varanasi panchang, 5 August 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 22:42 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:06 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:42
- 09:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:39 to 05:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 20:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 17:29
- Karana Vishti until 09:27, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:29 – 19:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:27 – 21:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:24 – 14:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:18 – 05:28 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. 04:01 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:39 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:27 – 21:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:27 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 – 05:28 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
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:06 Gemini
- 04:06 – 06:23 Cancer
- 06:23 – 08:37 Leo
- 08:37 – 10:50 Virgo
- 10:50 – 13:07 Libra
- 13:07 – 15:24 Scorpio
- 15:24 – 17:28 Sagittarius
- 17:28 – 19:13 Capricorn
- 19:13 – 20:44 Aquarius
- 20:44 – 22:12 Pisces
- 22:12 – 23:51 Aries
- 23:51 – 01:48 next day Taurus
- 01:48 – 04:02 next day Gemini
- 04:02 – 05:28 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