Varanasi panchang, 15 August 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 07:56 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 18:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:32 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 05:32 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:17
- 06:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:32 to 05:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 17:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 07:09
- Karana Taitila until 06:03, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:32 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:17
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 03:25 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:25 – 05:32 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. 04:04 – 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 18:32 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 03:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:29 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:32 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 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
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:44 Cancer
- 05:44 – 07:58 Leo
- 07:58 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 12:27 Libra
- 12:27 – 14:44 Scorpio
- 14:44 – 16:49 Sagittarius
- 16:49 – 18:34 Capricorn
- 18:34 – 20:05 Aquarius
- 20:05 – 21:33 Pisces
- 21:33 – 23:11 Aries
- 23:11 – 01:08 next day Taurus
- 01:08 – 03:22 next day Gemini
- 03:22 – 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