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Panchang for Varanasi — 16 September 2026

Shukla Panchami tithi, Vishakha nakshatra · Wednesday · Uttar Pradesh (25.3176°, 82.9739°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Simha (Shravana)

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 — 05:44 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 Panchamiuntil 08:59 AMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraVishakha · pada 3until 05:22 PMMishra nakshatra — Mixed results; fire-rituals and routine works.
YogaVaidhritiuntil 12:22 PMMaha-pata yoga — strongly rejected for all auspicious works.
KaranaBalavauntil 08:59 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:44 AM
Sunset06:02 PM
Moonrise10:31 AM
Moonset09:04 PM
Moon inLibra
Sun inLeo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:08 AM – 04:56 AM
Amrit Kalam07:30 AM – 09:15 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:53 AM – 01:25 PM
Gulika Kalam10:20 AM – 11:53 AM
Yamaganda07:16 AM – 08:48 AM
Varjyam
Abhijit Muhurta11:28 AM – 12:17 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:00 AM – 09:50 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh05:44 AM – 07:16 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:16 AM – 08:48 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:48 AM – 10:20 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:20 AM – 11:53 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:53 AM – 01:25 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:25 PM – 02:57 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:57 PM – 04:29 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:29 PM – 06:02 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg06:02 PM – 07:29 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara07:29 PM – 08:57 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:57 PM – 10:25 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:25 PM – 11:53 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:53 PM – 01:20 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:20 AM – 02:48 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:48 AM – 04:16 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:16 AM – 05:44 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