Varanasi panchang, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 15:18 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 18:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:25
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:25 to 05:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:14
- Karana Vanija until 15:11, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:25
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 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 17:44
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:35 – 17:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:35 – 17:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:36 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 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:12 Cancer
- 05:12 – 07:26 Leo
- 07:26 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:56 Libra
- 11:56 – 14:13 Scorpio
- 14:13 – 16:17 Sagittarius
- 16:17 – 18:02 Capricorn
- 18:02 – 19:33 Aquarius
- 19:33 – 21:01 Pisces
- 21:01 – 22:40 Aries
- 22:40 – 00:37 next day Taurus
- 00:37 – 02:51 next day Gemini
- 02:51 – 05:09 next day Cancer
- 05:09 – 05:36 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