Varanasi panchang, 2 July 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 20:46 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:12 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 09:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:51 to 05:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:38
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:39
- Karana Gara until 09:38, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 09:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:39 – 17:51
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 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:12 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:05 Taurus
- 04:05 – 06:19 Gemini
- 06:19 – 08:37 Cancer
- 08:37 – 10:51 Leo
- 10:51 – 13:04 Virgo
- 13:04 – 15:20 Libra
- 15:20 – 17:37 Scorpio
- 17:37 – 19:42 Sagittarius
- 19:42 – 21:27 Capricorn
- 21:27 – 22:58 Aquarius
- 22:58 – 00:26 next day Pisces
- 00:26 – 02:04 next day Aries
- 02:04 – 04:01 next day Taurus
- 04:01 – 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