Choghadiya Today in Varanasi: Aaj Ka Choghadiya, Day and Night

Din ka choghadiya: day choghadiya in Varanasi today

From sunrise at 6:05 am on Sunday 1 November 2026, eight slots of about 1 hour 24 minutes

Raat ka choghadiya: night choghadiya in Varanasi tonight

From sunset at 5:17 pm on Sunday 1 November 2026 to the next sunrise, eight slots of about 1 hour 36 minutes

The night runs from sunset to the next sunrise, so after midnight the night slots of the evening before are still running until sunrise.

Good choghadiya in Varanasi for the next 7 days

Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Char by day and by night in Varanasi, IST, from Sunday 1 November 2026

A night slot belongs to the date on which its night begins. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are left out of this table. For any other date or town, use the panchang for any place and date.

How choghadiya is worked out for Varanasi

The daytime, from sunrise to sunset, is divided into eight equal slots, and the night, from sunset to the next sunrise, into eight more. On Sunday 1 November 2026 a day slot in Varanasi lasts about 1 hour 24 minutes and a night slot about 1 hour 36 minutes.

Seven names are used. By day they follow each other in the order Udveg, Char, Labh, Amrit, Kaal, Shubh, Rog, and at night in the order Udveg, Shubh, Amrit, Char, Rog, Kaal, Labh, each list repeating round. The weekday decides which name comes first. With eight slots and seven names, the first name comes round again as the eighth slot.

Amrit (nectar), Shubh (auspicious), Labh (gain) and Char (moving) are held to be good, Char above all for travel. Udveg (unease), Kaal (loss) and Rog (illness) are avoided for starting something new.

Sunrise and sunset used here

Sunrise and sunset are the moments the upper edge of the Sun touches the horizon, with the standard allowance for the bending of light in the air (refraction), which puts the centre of the Sun 0.833 degrees below the horizon. They are worked out for Varanasi's latitude and longitude (25.32 degrees N, 83.01 degrees E) at sea level by this site's own panchang engine, the same one behind the Varanasi panchang, and they agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within 3 seconds. Times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30) and are cut, not rounded, to the minute.

Where traditions differ

• Fixed tables. Some calendars print choghadiya slots of exactly 90 minutes from 6 am, as if the Sun always rose at 6 am and set at 6 pm. Counted from Varanasi's real sunrise and sunset, a slot on Sunday 1 November 2026 lasts about 1 hour 24 minutes by day and 1 hour 36 minutes by night.
• Good slots with an avoid window. Every day slot is one of the same eight parts of the day as Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal. Some families skip a good slot in which one of those three falls; the day table above marks them.
• Char. Most lists count Char as good, above all for travel; some treat it as neutral.
• Vela markings. Some Gujarati almanacs also mark Kaal Vela, Vaar Vela and Kaal Ratri within the choghadiya. This page does not show them.
• Sunrise. Some almanacs take sunrise as the moment the centre of the Sun reaches the horizon, which in Varanasi comes about 1 to 1.5 minutes later, or the centre with no allowance for refraction, about 3.5 to 4.5 minutes later. Sunset then comes earlier by the same amount, and each slot moves by up to that much.
• How strictly to keep it. Regions and families differ in how much weight they give to the choghadiya, which is followed most in Gujarat, Rajasthan and western India. If your family or your temple follows a printed almanac, follow it.

Questions about choghadiya in Varanasi

↳ Aaj ka choghadiya kya hai Varanasi mein?

Today, Sunday 1 November 2026, the day choghadiya in Varanasi starts at sunrise, 6:05 am, with Udveg. The good day slots are Char 7:29 am to 8:53 am, Labh 8:53 am to 10:17 am, Amrit 10:17 am to 11:41 am and Shubh 1:05 pm to 2:29 pm, IST.

↳ What is the night choghadiya (raat ka choghadiya) in Varanasi tonight?

From sunset at 5:17 pm on Sunday 1 November 2026 to sunrise the next morning, the good night slots in Varanasi are Shubh 5:17 pm to 6:53 pm, Amrit 6:53 pm to 8:29 pm, Char 8:29 pm to 10:05 pm, Labh 1:17 am to 2:53 am and Shubh 4:30 am to 6:06 am. Each night slot lasts about 1 hour 36 minutes.

↳ What is the choghadiya tomorrow in Varanasi?

Tomorrow, Monday 2 November 2026, the day starts at sunrise, 6:06 am, with Amrit, and the good day slots in Varanasi are Amrit 6:06 am to 7:29 am, Shubh 8:53 am to 10:17 am, Char 1:05 pm to 2:28 pm (Gulika Kaal falls in it), Labh 2:28 pm to 3:52 pm and Amrit 3:52 pm to 5:16 pm.

↳ Which choghadiya is good and which is bad?

Amrit (nectar), Shubh (auspicious) and Labh (gain) are held to be good, and Char (moving) is counted as good, above all for travel, though some treat it as neutral. Udveg (unease), Kaal (loss) and Rog (illness) are avoided for new beginnings. Some families also skip a good day slot in which Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda or Gulika Kaal falls; the day table above marks those.

↳ Is the choghadiya in Varanasi the same as in New Delhi?

The names are the same on the same date, because they depend only on the weekday, but the clock times differ. From 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027, sunrise in Varanasi is between 15 and 31 minutes earlier than in New Delhi and sunset between 16 and 31 minutes earlier, and every slot shifts by an amount in between.

↳ How long is one choghadiya in Varanasi?

One eighth of the day or of the night, so the length changes with the seasons. On Sunday 1 November 2026 a day slot in Varanasi lasts about 1 hour 24 minutes and a night slot about 1 hour 36 minutes. Tables that assume a 6 am sunrise use 90 minutes for both.