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Panchang for Varanasi — 12 August 2026

Krishna Amavasya tithi, Pushya nakshatra · Wednesday · Uttar Pradesh (25.3176°, 82.9739°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Karka (Ashadha)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Varanasi (25.3176°, 82.9739°)'s own sunrise — 05:30 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiKrishna Amavasyauntil 11:06 PMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraPushya · pada 4until 08:00 AMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaVyatipatauntil 03:26 PMMaha-pata yoga — strongly rejected for all auspicious works.
KaranaChatushpadauntil 12:27 PMFixed karana — cattle, stable works; muted for auspicious starts.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:30 AM
Sunset06:36 PM
Moonrise04:50 AM
Moonset06:22 PM
Moon inCancer
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta03:54 AM – 04:42 AM
Amrit Kalam

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:03 PM – 01:41 PM
Gulika Kalam10:24 AM – 12:03 PM
Yamaganda07:08 AM – 08:46 AM
Varjyam
Abhijit Muhurta11:36 AM – 12:29 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta08:59 AM – 09:52 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh05:30 AM – 07:08 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:08 AM – 08:46 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:46 AM – 10:24 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:24 AM – 12:03 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:03 PM – 01:41 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:41 PM – 03:19 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara03:19 PM – 04:57 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:57 PM – 06:36 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg06:36 PM – 07:57 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara07:57 PM – 09:19 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh09:19 PM – 10:41 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:41 PM – 12:03 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:03 AM – 01:24 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:24 AM – 02:46 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:46 AM – 04:08 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:08 AM – 05:30 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle