Varanasi panchang, 4 July 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 21:53 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:13 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 05:13 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:26
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:51 to 05:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:40
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:44 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 17:01
- Karana Balava until 12:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:13 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:26
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) 11:35 – 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 05:13 – 12:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:13 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:55 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:57 Taurus
- 03:57 – 06:11 Gemini
- 06:11 – 08:29 Cancer
- 08:29 – 10:43 Leo
- 10:43 – 12:56 Virgo
- 12:56 – 15:12 Libra
- 15:12 – 17:29 Scorpio
- 17:29 – 19:34 Sagittarius
- 19:34 – 21:19 Capricorn
- 21:19 – 22:50 Aquarius
- 22:50 – 00:18 next day Pisces
- 00:18 – 01:56 next day Aries
- 01:56 – 03:54 next day Taurus
- 03:54 – 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