Varanasi Panchangam — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Ashwina Masa · Shukla Navami
for Varanasi
Sun & Moon
- Sunrise
- 05:59 AM
- Sunset
- 05:27 PM
- Moonrise
- 01:54 PM
- Moonset
- 12:07 AM
Panchangam day runs to next sunrise, 05:59 AM
Sun's path today
Timings through the day
AuspiciousInauspicious
- Brahma Muhurta04:23 AM – 05:11 AM
- Amrita Kalam06:36 AM – 08:22 AM
- Auspicious window07:53 AM – 08:16 AM
- Durmuhurtam08:16 AM – 09:02 AM
- Yamagandam08:51 AM – 10:17 AM
- Auspicious window10:17 AM – 10:45 AM
- Abhijit Muhurta11:20 AM – 12:06 PM
- Gulika Kalam11:43 AM – 01:09 PM
- Rahu Kalam02:35 PM – 04:01 PM
- Auspicious window04:01 PM – 05:27 PM
- Varjyam10:20 PM – 12:03 AM (next day)
- Durmuhurtam10:28 PM – 11:18 PM
The hours ruled by the benefic planets — Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the Moon — with rahu kalam, yamagandam, gulika, durmuhurtam and varjyam removed. Stricter than most printed panchangams, on purpose.
The five limbs
- Tithi
- Shukla Navamiuntil 12:53 PMthen Shukla Dasami
- Nakshatra
- Shravanauntil 06:02 PMthen Dhanishta
- Yoga
- Shoolauntil 12:49 AM (next day)then Ganda
- Karana
- Kaulavauntil 12:53 PMthen Taitila · until 01:38 AM (next day)then Gara · until 02:14 PM (next day)
- Masa
- Ashwina
- Vaara
- Tuesday
- Shraddha tithi
- Shukla DasamiThe tithi in aparahna, by which shraddha and tarpana are reckoned.
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About this day
Today is Shukla Navami of Ashwina, holding until 12:53 PM. It is a rikta — "empty" — tithi, one of the three each fortnight that are traditionally set aside for weddings, housewarmings and new ventures.
That does not make it a bad day. Rikta tithis suit exactly what their name suggests: clearing, concluding, settling debts, medical treatment, and finishing what is already under way. The moon is in Shravana, listening — knowledge received rather than seized until 06:02 PM. Rahu kalam is 02:35 PM–04:01 PM.
The day runs from 05:59 AM to 05:27 PM, 11h 28m of daylight, the yoga is Shoola and the karana Kaulava, the moon stands in Tula. Abhijit muhurta, the window centred on solar noon, falls between 11:20 AM and 12:06 PM. All of these are computed for Varanasi; change the city in the header and they move with it.
Timings are computed astronomically for the selected city. Printed and regional panchangams can differ, and practice can differ by a day — please confirm important dates with the panchangam your family follows.