Varanasi panchang, 5 September 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:12 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:41 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:41 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 15:04
- 10:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:12 to 05:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:54
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:31 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 12:47
- Karana Taitila until 11:04, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:41 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:04
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 – 04:55
- 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 18:12 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:41 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:38 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:21 Cancer
- 04:21 – 06:35 Leo
- 06:35 – 08:48 Virgo
- 08:48 – 11:05 Libra
- 11:05 – 13:22 Scorpio
- 13:22 – 15:26 Sagittarius
- 15:26 – 17:11 Capricorn
- 17:11 – 18:42 Aquarius
- 18:42 – 20:10 Pisces
- 20:10 – 21:49 Aries
- 21:49 – 23:46 Taurus
- 23:46 – 02:00 next day Gemini
- 02:00 – 04:17 next day Cancer
- 04:17 – 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