Varanasi panchang, 2 September 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 21:25 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 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:31
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:15 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:13
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:43 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:12
- Karana Taitila until 06:13, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:12 – 00:48 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:39 – 01:43 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. 04:08 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:43 – 05:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:43 – 05:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 05:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:26 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:40 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 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:33 Cancer
- 04:33 – 06:47 Leo
- 06:47 – 09:00 Virgo
- 09:00 – 11:16 Libra
- 11:16 – 13:33 Scorpio
- 13:33 – 15:38 Sagittarius
- 15:38 – 17:23 Capricorn
- 17:23 – 18:54 Aquarius
- 18:54 – 20:22 Pisces
- 20:22 – 22:00 Aries
- 22:00 – 23:58 Taurus
- 23:58 – 02:12 next day Gemini
- 02:12 – 04:29 next day Cancer
- 04:29 – 05:40 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