Varanasi panchang, 9 August 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 01:19 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 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:58 – 18:36
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:36 to 05:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:04 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 11:05
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:38
- Karana Balava until 11:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:04 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:04 – 03:16 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. 04:02 – 04:46
- 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 18:36 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:08 – 08:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:30 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 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:08 Cancer
- 06:08 – 08:21 Leo
- 08:21 – 10:34 Virgo
- 10:34 – 12:51 Libra
- 12:51 – 15:08 Scorpio
- 15:08 – 17:12 Sagittarius
- 17:12 – 18:57 Capricorn
- 18:57 – 20:28 Aquarius
- 20:28 – 21:57 Pisces
- 21:57 – 23:35 Aries
- 23:35 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:46 next day Gemini
- 03:46 – 05:30 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