Varanasi panchang, 27 August 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 17:56 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 18:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:37 – 07:12
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:48
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:35 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:21 to 05:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 09:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:15 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:55
- Karana Vanija until 09:09, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:37 – 07:12
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:55 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:35 – 21:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:48
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:09 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:37 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:45 – 21:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:37 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
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:57 Cancer
- 04:57 – 07:11 Leo
- 07:11 – 09:24 Virgo
- 09:24 – 11:40 Libra
- 11:40 – 13:57 Scorpio
- 13:57 – 16:02 Sagittarius
- 16:02 – 17:47 Capricorn
- 17:47 – 19:17 Aquarius
- 19:17 – 20:46 Pisces
- 20:46 – 22:24 Aries
- 22:24 – 00:21 next day Taurus
- 00:21 – 02:35 next day Gemini
- 02:35 – 04:53 next day Cancer
- 04:53 – 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