Varanasi panchang, 8 September 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 02:29 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:35
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:08 to 05:42 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 14:43
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 00:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:43, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:35
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 – 04:56
- 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 18:08 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:43 – 05:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:39 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:22 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:08 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 21:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:15 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:10 Cancer
- 04:10 – 06:24 Leo
- 06:24 – 08:36 Virgo
- 08:36 – 10:53 Libra
- 10:53 – 13:10 Scorpio
- 13:10 – 15:15 Sagittarius
- 15:15 – 16:59 Capricorn
- 16:59 – 18:30 Aquarius
- 18:30 – 19:59 Pisces
- 19:59 – 21:37 Aries
- 21:37 – 23:34 Taurus
- 23:34 – 01:48 next day Gemini
- 01:48 – 04:06 next day Cancer
- 04:06 – 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