Varanasi panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 11:43 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:11 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:38
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:28 to 05:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 03:44 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:38
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:28 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:34 – 06:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:28 Cancer
- 05:28 – 07:42 Leo
- 07:42 – 09:55 Virgo
- 09:55 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:28 Scorpio
- 14:28 – 16:33 Sagittarius
- 16:33 – 18:18 Capricorn
- 18:18 – 19:49 Aquarius
- 19:49 – 21:17 Pisces
- 21:17 – 22:55 Aries
- 22:55 – 00:53 next day Taurus
- 00:53 – 03:07 next day Gemini
- 03:07 – 05:24 next day Cancer
- 05:24 – 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