Varanasi panchang, 7 August 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:38 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 18:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:07 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:59
- 05:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:38 to 05:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 16:37
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:43 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:11
- Karana Taitila until 05:48, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:59
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. 04:02 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:28 – 07:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:07 – 08:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:38 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:59 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:46 – 04:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:07 – 05:29 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
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:15 Cancer
- 06:15 – 08:29 Leo
- 08:29 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 12:59 Libra
- 12:59 – 15:16 Scorpio
- 15:16 – 17:20 Sagittarius
- 17:20 – 19:05 Capricorn
- 19:05 – 20:36 Aquarius
- 20:36 – 22:04 Pisces
- 22:04 – 23:43 Aries
- 23:43 – 01:40 next day Taurus
- 01:40 – 03:54 next day Gemini
- 03:54 – 05:29 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