Varanasi panchang, 5 July 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 22:24 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta 17:02 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam 17:09 – 18:51
- 13:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:51 to 05:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 13:31
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:40
- Karana Taitila until 13:31, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:02 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:09 – 18:51
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. 03:50 – 04:32
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:12 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:55 – 08:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:14 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 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:54 Taurus
- 03:54 – 06:07 Gemini
- 06:07 – 08:25 Cancer
- 08:25 – 10:39 Leo
- 10:39 – 12:52 Virgo
- 12:52 – 15:08 Libra
- 15:08 – 17:25 Scorpio
- 17:25 – 19:30 Sagittarius
- 19:30 – 21:15 Capricorn
- 21:15 – 22:46 Aquarius
- 22:46 – 00:14 next day Pisces
- 00:14 – 01:52 next day Aries
- 01:52 – 03:50 next day Taurus
- 03:50 – 05:14 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