Varanasi panchang, 7 September 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 01:21 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 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:15 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:40
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:09 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:04
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 18:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:41
- Karana Bava until 06:17, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:45 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:40
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:38 – 14:09 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. 04:09 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:14 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:15 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:13 Cancer
- 04:13 – 06:27 Leo
- 06:27 – 08:40 Virgo
- 08:40 – 10:57 Libra
- 10:57 – 13:14 Scorpio
- 13:14 – 15:18 Sagittarius
- 15:18 – 17:03 Capricorn
- 17:03 – 18:34 Aquarius
- 18:34 – 20:03 Pisces
- 20:03 – 21:41 Aries
- 21:41 – 23:38 Taurus
- 23:38 – 01:52 next day Gemini
- 01:52 – 04:10 next day Cancer
- 04:10 – 05:42 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