Varanasi panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 10:46 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 18:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:52
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:29 to 05:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:52
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) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:33 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Char | 08:47 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:52 | Good |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:29 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:52 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:34 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
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:32 Cancer
- 05:32 – 07:46 Leo
- 07:46 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:32 Scorpio
- 14:32 – 16:37 Sagittarius
- 16:37 – 18:22 Capricorn
- 18:22 – 19:53 Aquarius
- 19:53 – 21:21 Pisces
- 21:21 – 22:59 Aries
- 22:59 – 00:57 next day Taurus
- 00:57 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 05:28 next day Cancer
- 05:28 – 05:34 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