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Panchang for Varanasi — 13 August 2026

Shukla Pratipada tithi, Ashlesha nakshatra · Thursday · Uttar Pradesh (25.3176°, 82.9739°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)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
TithiShukla Pratipadauntil 08:42 PMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayThursdayMost auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children.
NakshatraAshlesha · pada 4until 06:06 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaVariyanauntil 12:16 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaKimstughnauntil 09:51 AMFixed karana — auspicious, conducive to good beginnings.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:30 AM
Sunset06:35 PM
Moonrise05:56 AM
Moonset07:01 PM
Moon inCancer
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:36 AM – 12:28 PM
Brahma Muhurta03:54 AM – 04:42 AM
Amrit Kalam04:07 AM – 05:36 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam01:40 PM – 03:18 PM
Gulika Kalam08:46 AM – 10:24 AM
Yamaganda05:30 AM – 07:08 AM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta01:21 PM – 02:13 PM
Durmuhurta04:50 PM – 05:42 PM

Day Choghadiya

Shubh05:30 AM – 07:08 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog07:08 AM – 08:46 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg08:46 AM – 10:24 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara10:24 AM – 12:02 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh12:02 PM – 01:40 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit01:40 PM – 03:18 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal03:18 PM – 04:56 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:56 PM – 06:35 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education

Night Choghadiya

Amrit06:35 PM – 07:56 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal07:56 PM – 09:18 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:18 PM – 10:40 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:40 PM – 12:02 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:02 AM – 01:24 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:24 AM – 02:46 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh02:46 AM – 04:08 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:08 AM – 05:30 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works

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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