Varanasi panchang, 3 September 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 22:14 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:40 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:31 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:43
- 07:26 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:14 to 05:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:25 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:29 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:33
- Karana Vishti until 15:27, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:26 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:43
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:29 – 05:40 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 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 18:14 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 00:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:31 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:39 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:29 Cancer
- 04:29 – 06:43 Leo
- 06:43 – 08:56 Virgo
- 08:56 – 11:13 Libra
- 11:13 – 13:29 Scorpio
- 13:29 – 15:34 Sagittarius
- 15:34 – 17:19 Capricorn
- 17:19 – 18:50 Aquarius
- 18:50 – 20:18 Pisces
- 20:18 – 21:56 Aries
- 21:56 – 23:54 Taurus
- 23:54 – 02:08 next day Gemini
- 02:08 – 04:25 next day Cancer
- 04:25 – 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