Varanasi panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 17:22 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:35
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:22 to 05:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:59
- Karana Taitila until 07:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:48 – 05:37 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. 04:07 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:22 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 00:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 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
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:01 Cancer
- 05:01 – 07:15 Leo
- 07:15 – 09:27 Virgo
- 09:27 – 11:44 Libra
- 11:44 – 14:01 Scorpio
- 14:01 – 16:06 Sagittarius
- 16:06 – 17:51 Capricorn
- 17:51 – 19:21 Aquarius
- 19:21 – 20:50 Pisces
- 20:50 – 22:28 Aries
- 22:28 – 00:25 next day Taurus
- 00:25 – 02:39 next day Gemini
- 02:39 – 04:57 next day Cancer
- 04:57 – 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