Varanasi panchang, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 16:45 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 18:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:47
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:23 to 05:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 22:51 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:41
- Karana Balava until 06:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:36 – 22:51
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. 04:07 – 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 18:23 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:21 – 05:37 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:51 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:12 – 05:37 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
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:05 Cancer
- 05:05 – 07:19 Leo
- 07:19 – 09:31 Virgo
- 09:31 – 11:48 Libra
- 11:48 – 14:05 Scorpio
- 14:05 – 16:10 Sagittarius
- 16:10 – 17:54 Capricorn
- 17:54 – 19:25 Aquarius
- 19:25 – 20:54 Pisces
- 20:54 – 22:32 Aries
- 22:32 – 00:29 next day Taurus
- 00:29 – 02:43 next day Gemini
- 02:43 – 05:01 next day Cancer
- 05:01 – 05:37 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