Varanasi panchang, 3 July 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 21:21 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:55 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:09
- 11:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 11:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:46 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:51 to 05:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:48 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 11:20
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 16:59
- Karana Vishti until 11:20, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 11:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:46 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:48 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:09
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. 03:50 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 11:46
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:12 – 06:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:55 – 05:13 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 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:01 Taurus
- 04:01 – 06:15 Gemini
- 06:15 – 08:33 Cancer
- 08:33 – 10:47 Leo
- 10:47 – 13:00 Virgo
- 13:00 – 15:16 Libra
- 15:16 – 17:33 Scorpio
- 17:33 – 19:38 Sagittarius
- 19:38 – 21:23 Capricorn
- 21:23 – 22:54 Aquarius
- 22:54 – 00:22 next day Pisces
- 00:22 – 02:00 next day Aries
- 02:00 – 03:57 next day Taurus
- 03:57 – 05:13 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