Varanasi panchang, 10 August 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 02:26 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:08 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:59
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 08:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:36 to 05:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 08:01
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 22:27
- Karana Taitila until 08:01, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 08:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:54 – 15:23 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. 04:03 – 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
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:08 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:04 Cancer
- 06:04 – 08:18 Leo
- 08:18 – 10:30 Virgo
- 10:30 – 12:47 Libra
- 12:47 – 15:04 Scorpio
- 15:04 – 17:09 Sagittarius
- 17:09 – 18:53 Capricorn
- 18:53 – 20:24 Aquarius
- 20:24 – 21:53 Pisces
- 21:53 – 23:31 Aries
- 23:31 – 01:28 next day Taurus
- 01:28 – 03:42 next day Gemini
- 03:42 – 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