Varanasi — Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Varanasi. Sunrise 5:46 am, sunset 5:53 pm — the day runs to sunrise at 5:47 am tomorrow.
The five limbs
Tithi · Shukla Dwadashi
until 10:51 pm
Nakshatra · Shravana
until 9:09 am
Yoga · Sukarma
until 4:27 pm
Karana · Bava
until 10:22 am
Windows
Rahu kalam
11:50 am – 1:21 pm
Avoid beginning something new. Work already under way is not affected.
Yamagandam
7:17 am – 8:48 am
Not taken for starting a journey or a new undertaking.
Gulikai
10:19 am – 11:50 am
Generally avoided for beginnings; some households treat it as unrestricted.
About this day
Daylight runs 12 hours 7 minutes — 7 minutes longer than an even twelve, so every window below is stretched wider than at the equinox.
The first change today is the nakshatra, at 9:09 am.
Rahu kalam takes the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday, which puts it at 11:50 am here.
Rahu kalam, yamagandam and gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsha, at Bengaluru's own horizon. The day runs sunrise to sunrise, so the limb named here is the one running at sunrise. Windows are eighths of the daylight.