Varanasi panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 04:46 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:40
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:34 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:27, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:40
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:34 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:56 Cancer
- 05:56 – 08:10 Leo
- 08:10 – 10:23 Virgo
- 10:23 – 12:39 Libra
- 12:39 – 14:56 Scorpio
- 14:56 – 17:01 Sagittarius
- 17:01 – 18:46 Capricorn
- 18:46 – 20:16 Aquarius
- 20:16 – 21:45 Pisces
- 21:45 – 23:23 Aries
- 23:23 – 01:20 next day Taurus
- 01:20 – 03:34 next day Gemini
- 03:34 – 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