Varanasi panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 20:06 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:13 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:45
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:17 to 05:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 01:50 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:17 – 08:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:46 – 06:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:18 – 09:19
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:41 Cancer
- 04:41 – 06:55 Leo
- 06:55 – 09:08 Virgo
- 09:08 – 11:24 Libra
- 11:24 – 13:41 Scorpio
- 13:41 – 15:46 Sagittarius
- 15:46 – 17:31 Capricorn
- 17:31 – 19:02 Aquarius
- 19:02 – 20:30 Pisces
- 20:30 – 22:08 Aries
- 22:08 – 00:05 next day Taurus
- 00:05 – 02:19 next day Gemini
- 02:19 – 04:37 next day Cancer
- 04:37 – 05:39 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