Varanasi panchang, 29 August 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 19:00 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:09
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:19 to 05:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 09:57
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:36
- Karana Kaulava until 09:57, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:21 – 07:21 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 – 04:53
- 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 18:19 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:49 Cancer
- 04:49 – 07:03 Leo
- 07:03 – 09:16 Virgo
- 09:16 – 11:32 Libra
- 11:32 – 13:49 Scorpio
- 13:49 – 15:54 Sagittarius
- 15:54 – 17:39 Capricorn
- 17:39 – 19:10 Aquarius
- 19:10 – 20:38 Pisces
- 20:38 – 22:16 Aries
- 22:16 – 00:13 next day Taurus
- 00:13 – 02:27 next day Gemini
- 02:27 – 04:45 next day Cancer
- 04:45 – 05:38 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