Varanasi panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 23:10 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 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:39
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:13 to 05:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:14 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 15:44
- Karana Balava until 13:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:44 – 16:56
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:40 – 07:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:39 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:25 Cancer
- 04:25 – 06:39 Leo
- 06:39 – 08:52 Virgo
- 08:52 – 11:09 Libra
- 11:09 – 13:26 Scorpio
- 13:26 – 15:30 Sagittarius
- 15:30 – 17:15 Capricorn
- 17:15 – 18:46 Aquarius
- 18:46 – 20:14 Pisces
- 20:14 – 21:53 Aries
- 21:53 – 23:50 Taurus
- 23:50 – 02:04 next day Gemini
- 02:04 – 04:21 next day Cancer
- 04:21 – 05:41 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