Varanasi panchang, 14 August 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 06:56 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:55
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:33 to 05:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 18:47
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:42 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 09:28
- Karana Balava until 07:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:55
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. 04:04 – 04:48
- 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 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 03:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 03:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:42 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:32 – 07:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:33 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:10 – 05:32 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
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:48 Cancer
- 05:48 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:31 Libra
- 12:31 – 14:48 Scorpio
- 14:48 – 16:53 Sagittarius
- 16:53 – 18:38 Capricorn
- 18:38 – 20:08 Aquarius
- 20:08 – 21:37 Pisces
- 21:37 – 23:15 Aries
- 23:15 – 01:12 next day Taurus
- 01:12 – 03:26 next day Gemini
- 03:26 – 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