Varanasi panchang, 6 July 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 22:55 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:56 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 09:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:51 to 05:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:47
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 16:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:51
- Karana Vanija until 13:47, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:47 – 01:41 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
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 05:14 – 12:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:07 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:38 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Char | 18:51 – 20:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:38 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 06:03 Gemini
- 06:03 – 08:21 Cancer
- 08:21 – 10:35 Leo
- 10:35 – 12:48 Virgo
- 12:48 – 15:04 Libra
- 15:04 – 17:21 Scorpio
- 17:21 – 19:26 Sagittarius
- 19:26 – 21:11 Capricorn
- 21:11 – 22:42 Aquarius
- 22:42 – 00:10 next day Pisces
- 00:10 – 01:48 next day Aries
- 01:48 – 03:46 next day Taurus
- 03:46 – 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