Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · Monday, 19 Oct 2026

Ashwina, shukla · Tithi 8

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In simple words

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu almanac for one day and one place: the tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga, karana and weekday, together with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Check the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are periods the tradition avoids for starting new things; Abhijit is generally treated as the favourable midday window. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each named good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

Sunrise

05:58

Sunset

17:27

Moonrise

13:13

Moonset

— The Moon does not set on this date at this place.

Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.

The five limbs

Each limb ends at the instant shown.
Limb	Value	Ends	What the texts say
Tithi	Ashtami	10:52	Jaya (victorious) Associated with contest, litigation and anything to be won.
Nakshatra	Uttara Ashadha	15:36	The later victory - the one that lasts. Associated with integrity, patience and achievement that holds because it was built slowly.
Yoga	Dhriti	00:30 20 Oct 2026	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Bava	10:52	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Monday	—	Ruled by the Moon. Favoured for water, travel and domestic matters.

Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.

Day periods

Sunrise 05:58
Sunset 17:27

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sun and muhurtas

Period	From	To	What the texts say
Sunrise	05:58	—
Sunset	17:27	—
Rahu kaal	07:24	08:50	An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it.
Gulika	13:08	14:35	Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect.
Yamaganda	10:16	11:42	A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday.
Abhijit	11:19	12:05	The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays.

Sunrise is computed for the upper limb with atmospheric refraction — the Drik convention. Disc-centre would move every time on this page by two to four minutes, which is why the choice is stated rather than assumed.

Choghadiya

The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Amrit	05:58	07:24	best anything at all
Kaal	07:24	08:50	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	08:50	10:16	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	10:16	11:42	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	11:42	13:08	avoid government work only
Chal	13:08	14:35	neutral travel and movement
Labh	14:35	16:01	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	16:01	17:27	best anything at all

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Chal	17:27	19:01	neutral travel and movement
Rog	19:01	20:35	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	20:35	22:09	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	22:09	23:43	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	23:43	01:16	avoid government work only
Shubh	01:16	02:50	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	02:50	04:24	best anything at all
Chal	04:24	05:58	neutral travel and movement

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Uthi	05:58	07:24	neutral ordinary work
Soram	07:24	08:50	avoid nothing new
Rogam	08:50	10:16	avoid medicine only
Visham	10:16	11:42	avoid nothing new
Labham	11:42	13:08	good gain, new work
Dhanam	13:08	14:35	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	14:35	16:01	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	16:01	17:27	best anything auspicious

Hora

Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Moon	05:58	06:55	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
2	Saturn	06:55	07:53	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
3	Jupiter	07:53	08:50	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
4	Mars	08:50	09:47	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
5	Sun	09:47	10:45	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
6	Venus	10:45	11:42	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
7	Mercury	11:42	12:40	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
8	Moon	12:40	13:37	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
9	Saturn	13:37	14:35	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
10	Jupiter	14:35	15:32	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
11	Mars	15:32	16:29	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
12	Sun	16:29	17:27	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
13 night	Venus	17:27	18:29	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
14 night	Mercury	18:29	19:32	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
15 night	Moon	19:32	20:35	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
16 night	Saturn	20:35	21:37	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
17 night	Jupiter	21:37	22:40	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
18 night	Mars	22:40	23:43	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
19 night	Sun	23:43	00:45	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
20 night	Venus	00:45	01:48	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
21 night	Mercury	01:48	02:50	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
22 night	Moon	02:50	03:53	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
23 night	Saturn	03:53	04:56	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
24 night	Jupiter	04:56	05:58	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora

Festivals and observances

Lunar month (amanta)	Ashwina
Lunar month (purnimanta)	Ashwina
Paksha	shukla
Tithi	8

Festivals and observances	Dated by	Kept in
Durga Ashtami the eighth night. Kept at sunrise, unlike the ninth and tenth, which are afternoon rites - so Ashtami and Navami land on the same day in some years and consecutive days in others	sunrise	all India
Maha Navami the ninth night	aparahna (afternoon)	all India