Varanasi panchang, 6 August 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 23:26 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:28 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:00
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:39 to 05:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:01
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:00
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 – 04:45
- 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 18:39 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:28 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:07 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:00 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:02 Gemini
- 04:02 – 06:19 Cancer
- 06:19 – 08:33 Leo
- 08:33 – 10:46 Virgo
- 10:46 – 13:03 Libra
- 13:03 – 15:20 Scorpio
- 15:20 – 17:24 Sagittarius
- 17:24 – 19:09 Capricorn
- 19:09 – 20:40 Aquarius
- 20:40 – 22:08 Pisces
- 22:08 – 23:47 Aries
- 23:47 – 01:44 next day Taurus
- 01:44 – 03:58 next day Gemini
- 03:58 – 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