Varanasi panchang, 1 September 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 20:43 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 18:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:41
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:16 to 05:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:42 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:38
- Karana Balava until 07:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:41
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 18:16 – 20:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:39 – 02:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 02:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:32 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:41 | Good |
| Rog | 16:41 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:37 Cancer
- 04:37 – 06:51 Leo
- 06:51 – 09:04 Virgo
- 09:04 – 11:20 Libra
- 11:20 – 13:37 Scorpio
- 13:37 – 15:42 Sagittarius
- 15:42 – 17:27 Capricorn
- 17:27 – 18:58 Aquarius
- 18:58 – 20:26 Pisces
- 20:26 – 22:04 Aries
- 22:04 – 00:02 next day Taurus
- 00:02 – 02:15 next day Gemini
- 02:15 – 04:33 next day Cancer
- 04:33 – 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