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Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Friday, 30 October 2026 - from sunrise at 6:05 AM to the next sunrise, on the Asia/Kolkata clock.

Day choghadiya

Sunrise (6:05 AM) to sunset (5:19 PM), in eight equal periods.

Day choghadiya
PeriodTimeNature
Chal6:05 AM – 7:29 AMNeutral
Labh7:29 AM – 8:53 AMGood
Amrit8:53 AM – 10:17 AMExcellent
Kaal10:17 AM – 11:42 AMAvoid
Shubh11:42 AM – 1:06 PMGood
Rog1:06 PM – 2:30 PMAvoid
Udveg2:30 PM – 3:54 PMAvoid
Chal3:54 PM – 5:19 PMNeutral

Night choghadiya

Sunset (5:19 PM) to the next sunrise (6:05 AM), in eight equal periods.

Night choghadiya
PeriodTimeNature
Rog5:19 PM – 6:55 PMAvoid
Kaal6:55 PM – 8:30 PMAvoid
Labh8:30 PM – 10:06 PMGood
Udveg10:06 PM – 11:42 PMAvoid
Shubh11:42 PM – 1:18 AMGood
Amrit1:18 AM – 2:54 AMExcellent
Chal2:54 AM – 4:29 AMNeutral
Rog4:29 AM – 6:05 AMAvoid

Rahu Kaal today

10:17 AM – 11:42 AM

Questions about choghadiya periods in Varanasi

Which choghadiya is good today in Varanasi?
Amrit is read as excellent and Shubh and Labh as good; Chal is neutral; Udveg, Rog and Kaal are the ones to avoid. Today's day and night periods for Varanasi are in the tables above.
What is a choghadiya?
The day from sunrise to sunset, and the night from sunset to the next sunrise, are each divided into eight equal periods. Each is named in a fixed order that starts from the weekday's ruler.
Why are the times for Varanasi different from another city's?
Every window here is cut from sunrise and sunset at Varanasi itself, and sunrise moves by minutes from one city to the next. A list printed for another city, or for a fixed 6 AM day, will not match Varanasi.
How is this calculated?
Sunrise and sunset come from the standard astronomical formula (Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, ch. 15) for the city's coordinates. The tithi and the Moon's nakshatra are read at that sunrise on the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri ayanamsa - the way a printed panchang names the day's tithi.