Varanasi panchang, 1 July 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 20:08 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:44
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 07:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:51 to 05:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:38
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 16:04
- Karana Kaulava until 07:38, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 07:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:40 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:04 – 16:39 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:49 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:38 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:09 Taurus
- 04:09 – 06:23 Gemini
- 06:23 – 08:41 Cancer
- 08:41 – 10:55 Leo
- 10:55 – 13:08 Virgo
- 13:08 – 15:24 Libra
- 15:24 – 17:41 Scorpio
- 17:41 – 19:46 Sagittarius
- 19:46 – 21:31 Capricorn
- 21:31 – 23:01 Aquarius
- 23:01 – 00:30 next day Pisces
- 00:30 – 02:08 next day Aries
- 02:08 – 04:05 next day Taurus
- 04:05 – 05:12 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method