Varanasi panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 13:35 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:50
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:26 to 05:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 05:35 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. 04:06 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:35 – 07:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:26 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:20 Cancer
- 05:20 – 07:34 Leo
- 07:34 – 09:47 Virgo
- 09:47 – 12:04 Libra
- 12:04 – 14:21 Scorpio
- 14:21 – 16:25 Sagittarius
- 16:25 – 18:10 Capricorn
- 18:10 – 19:41 Aquarius
- 19:41 – 21:09 Pisces
- 21:09 – 22:48 Aries
- 22:48 – 00:45 next day Taurus
- 00:45 – 02:59 next day Gemini
- 02:59 – 05:16 next day Cancer
- 05:16 – 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