Varanasi panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 08:53 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:31
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:31 to 05:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:31
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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 18:31 – 20:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:32 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:32 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:10 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:10 – 05:33 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 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:40 Cancer
- 05:40 – 07:54 Leo
- 07:54 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:23 Libra
- 12:23 – 14:40 Scorpio
- 14:40 – 16:45 Sagittarius
- 16:45 – 18:30 Capricorn
- 18:30 – 20:01 Aquarius
- 20:01 – 21:29 Pisces
- 21:29 – 23:07 Aries
- 23:07 – 01:04 next day Taurus
- 01:04 – 03:18 next day Gemini
- 03:18 – 05:33 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