Yamaganda today in Varanasi
Yamagandam Timing · Yama Ganda · Yamaghanta
Varanasi · avoid health matters and formalities
1:23 PM – 2:55 PM
Also today in Varanasi
- Rahu Kaal8:48 AM – 10:20 AM
- Gulika Kaal5:45 AM – 7:17 AM
8:48 AM – 10:20 AM
Avoid starting new ventures and travel
11:27 AM – 12:16 PM
The best auspicious window of the day
4:11 AM – 4:58 AM
For meditation, practice and study
Ashtami
Nakshatra (नक्षत्र): Mula
24-Hour Day Ring at a glance (24 घंटे का दृश्य चक्र)
The whole day from this sunrise to the next, in one view.
The daylight in eight parts. Yamaganda takes the lit one; the night is undivided
Yamaganda in Varanasi today
Yamaganda in Varanasi today, Saturday, September 19, 2026, runs 1:23 PM – 2:55 PM, the sixth of eight equal parts of daylight, which is 12 hr 13 min long here today between sunrise at 5:45 AM and sunset at 5:58 PM. Each part, and so the window, is 1 hr 32 min.
It is one of three such windows today. Rahu Kaal takes 8:48 AM – 10:20 AM and Gulika Kaal 5:45 AM – 7:17 AM; the three never overlap, because each weekday assigns them different eighths. Across this week in Varanasi Yamaganda starts as early as Thursday at 5:45 AM and ends as late as Friday at 4:26 PM, with today’s sunrise.
Yamaganda through the week in Varanasi
Yamaganda moves to a different part of the day depending on the weekday. Today's column is highlighted below.
Yamaganda in Varanasi: questions
What time is Yamaganda today in Varanasi?▼
1:23 PM – 2:55 PM on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from Varanasi’s own sunrise and sunset. Rahu Kaal today is separate, at 8:48 AM – 10:20 AM.
Is Yamaganda before or after Rahu Kaal today in Varanasi?▼
After. Rahu Kaal in Varanasi today is 8:48 AM – 10:20 AM and Yamaganda is 1:23 PM – 2:55 PM, a gap of 3 hr 3 min between them. Which comes first depends on the weekday; on a Saturday Rahu Kaal takes the earlier eighth of the day.
Does Yamaganda change day to day in Varanasi?▼
Yes. The weekday fixes which eighth of daylight it takes. This week in Varanasi it begins as early as Thursday at 5:45 AM and ends as late as Friday at 4:26 PM, using today’s 12 hr 13 min of daylight; the weekday strip above shows every day.
Everything else today in Varanasi
- 8 day + 8 night periods, from 5:45 AM
All sixteen periods of the day and night, and which of them are worth using.
- Rahu Kaalavoid8:48 AM – 10:20 AM
The ninety minutes a day nothing new should be started.
- Abhijit Muhuratbest11:27 AM – 12:16 PM
The 48 minutes astride solar noon, the safe default for a beginning.
- Brahma Muhurtagood4:11 AM – 4:59 AM
The 48 minutes before dawn, the hour tradition reserves for practice.
- 5:45 AM – 7:17 AM
The window whose events are said to repeat, which cuts both ways.
- Dur Muhurtamavoid5:45 AM – 6:34 AM
The short unlucky muhurtas of the fifteen: one or two, depending on the day.
- 24 planetary hours, from 5:45 AM
Twenty-four planetary hours, and what each ruler is traditionally used for.