Varanasi — Tuesday, 17 November 2026
Varanasi. Sunrise 6:16 am, sunset 5:09 pm — the day runs to sunrise at 6:16 am tomorrow.
The five limbs
Tithi · Shukla Ashtami
until 6:05 am tomorrow
Nakshatra · Dhanishta
until 4:34 am tomorrow
Yoga · Vriddhi
until 7:54 am
Karana · Vishti
until 5:17 pm
Windows
Rahu kalam
2:26 pm – 3:47 pm
Avoid beginning something new. Work already under way is not affected.
Yamagandam
8:59 am – 10:21 am
Not taken for starting a journey or a new undertaking.
Gulikai
11:42 am – 1:04 pm
Generally avoided for beginnings; some households treat it as unrestricted.
About this day
Daylight runs 10 hours 53 minutes — 67 minutes shorter than an even twelve, so every window below is stretched narrower than at the equinox.
The tithi and nakshatra run past midnight and end after tomorrow's sunrise, so they name two civil days.
The first change today is the yoga, at 7:54 am.
Rahu kalam takes the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday, which puts it at 2:26 pm 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.