Varanasi panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 09:50 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:10 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:55
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 05:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:33 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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. 04:05 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:36 Cancer
- 05:36 – 07:50 Leo
- 07:50 – 10:03 Virgo
- 10:03 – 12:19 Libra
- 12:19 – 14:36 Scorpio
- 14:36 – 16:41 Sagittarius
- 16:41 – 18:26 Capricorn
- 18:26 – 19:57 Aquarius
- 19:57 – 21:25 Pisces
- 21:25 – 23:03 Aries
- 23:03 – 01:01 next day Taurus
- 01:01 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 05:32 next day Cancer
- 05:32 – 05:33 next day Leo
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