Varanasi panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 00:18 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:29 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 05:29 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:14
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:20
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:37 to 05:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:51 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:59, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:29 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:29 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:02 – 12:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:20
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 13:59 – 16:51
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 18:37 – 20:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:29 – 13:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:29 – 16:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:29 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:07 – 08:46 | Good |
| Rog | 08:46 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:37 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:29 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
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:11 Cancer
- 06:11 – 08:25 Leo
- 08:25 – 10:38 Virgo
- 10:38 – 12:55 Libra
- 12:55 – 15:12 Scorpio
- 15:12 – 17:16 Sagittarius
- 17:16 – 19:01 Capricorn
- 19:01 – 20:32 Aquarius
- 20:32 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 23:39 Aries
- 23:39 – 01:36 next day Taurus
- 01:36 – 03:50 next day Gemini
- 03:50 – 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