Varanasi panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 16:03 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:12 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:50
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:24 to 05:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 07:04
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:50
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:36 – 20:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:28 – 05:36 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 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:24 | Good |
| Char | 18:24 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:09 Cancer
- 05:09 – 07:22 Leo
- 07:22 – 09:35 Virgo
- 09:35 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 14:09 Scorpio
- 14:09 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 17:58 Capricorn
- 17:58 – 19:29 Aquarius
- 19:29 – 20:58 Pisces
- 20:58 – 22:36 Aries
- 22:36 – 00:33 next day Taurus
- 00:33 – 02:47 next day Gemini
- 02:47 – 05:05 next day Cancer
- 05:05 – 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