Varanasi panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 12:39 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 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:34 – 07:11
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:53
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:27 to 05:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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. 04:05 – 04:50
- 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 18:27 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:11 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:51 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:24 Cancer
- 05:24 – 07:38 Leo
- 07:38 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 12:08 Libra
- 12:08 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:14 Capricorn
- 18:14 – 19:45 Aquarius
- 19:45 – 21:13 Pisces
- 21:13 – 22:52 Aries
- 22:52 – 00:49 next day Taurus
- 00:49 – 03:03 next day Gemini
- 03:03 – 05:20 next day Cancer
- 05:20 – 05:35 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