Varanasi panchang, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 14:28 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:35 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 05:35 – 06:26
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:13
- 12:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:49 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:26 to 05:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 02:00 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:49 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:14 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:48, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:49 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:35 – 06:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:13
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 05:35 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:35 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:11 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:26 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 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
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:16 Cancer
- 05:16 – 07:30 Leo
- 07:30 – 09:43 Virgo
- 09:43 – 12:00 Libra
- 12:00 – 14:17 Scorpio
- 14:17 – 16:21 Sagittarius
- 16:21 – 18:06 Capricorn
- 18:06 – 19:37 Aquarius
- 19:37 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 22:44 Aries
- 22:44 – 00:41 next day Taurus
- 00:41 – 02:55 next day Gemini
- 02:55 – 05:12 next day Cancer
- 05:12 – 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