Varanasi panchang, 11 August 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 03:36 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 18:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 08:46 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:19 – 16:57
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:35 to 05:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:09 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:51
- Karana Vishti until 15:23, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:54 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 15:26 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 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:30 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:08 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Char | 08:46 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:35 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:57 – 21:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:19 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:00 Cancer
- 06:00 – 08:14 Leo
- 08:14 – 10:26 Virgo
- 10:26 – 12:43 Libra
- 12:43 – 15:00 Scorpio
- 15:00 – 17:05 Sagittarius
- 17:05 – 18:49 Capricorn
- 18:49 – 20:20 Aquarius
- 20:20 – 21:49 Pisces
- 21:49 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:24 next day Taurus
- 01:24 – 03:38 next day Gemini
- 03:38 – 05:31 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