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Panchang for Varanasi — 12 October 2026

Shukla Dwitiya tithi, Swati nakshatra · Monday · Uttar Pradesh (25.3176°, 82.9739°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Kanya (Bhadrapada)

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 — 05:55 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 Dwitiyauntil 10:13 PMBhadra tithi (the 2nd, 7th and 12th of a pakṣa) — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayMondayTravel, liquids, public dealings, peace, mother, gentle works.
NakshatraSwati · pada 2until 11:52 PMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaVishkumbhauntil 08:32 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaBalavauntil 09:48 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:55 AM
Sunset05:34 PM
Moonrise07:21 AM
Moonset06:19 PM
Moon inLibra
Sun inVirgo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:19 AM – 05:07 AM
Amrit Kalam02:28 PM – 04:10 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam07:22 AM – 08:49 AM
Gulika Kalam01:11 PM – 02:39 PM
Yamaganda10:17 AM – 11:44 AM
Varjyam04:18 AM – 06:00 AM
Abhijit Muhurta11:21 AM – 12:07 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta02:27 PM – 03:14 PM

Day Choghadiya

Amrit05:55 AM – 07:22 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal07:22 AM – 08:49 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh08:49 AM – 10:17 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:17 AM – 11:44 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg11:44 AM – 01:11 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:11 PM – 02:39 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh02:39 PM – 04:06 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:06 PM – 05:34 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works

Night Choghadiya

Chara05:34 PM – 07:06 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:06 PM – 08:39 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:39 PM – 10:11 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:11 PM – 11:44 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:44 PM – 01:17 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:17 AM – 02:49 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:49 AM – 04:22 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:22 AM – 05:55 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

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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