Varanasi panchang, 13 August 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 05:53 Shravana 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 18:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:31 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:57
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 Moon enters Leo
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:33 to 05:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:42
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:06 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 12:16
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:51, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 Moon enters Leo
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:44
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:16 – 22:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:57
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 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:09 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:33 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:52 Cancer
- 05:52 – 08:06 Leo
- 08:06 – 10:19 Virgo
- 10:19 – 12:35 Libra
- 12:35 – 14:52 Scorpio
- 14:52 – 16:57 Sagittarius
- 16:57 – 18:42 Capricorn
- 18:42 – 20:12 Aquarius
- 20:12 – 21:41 Pisces
- 21:41 – 23:19 Aries
- 23:19 – 01:16 next day Taurus
- 01:16 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:32 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