Varanasi panchang, 8 July 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:51 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:45
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:51 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:22
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:38
- Karana Kaulava until 12:22, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:45
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:14 – 16:00
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:00 – 05:15 next day
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. 03:51 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:56 Gemini
- 05:56 – 08:13 Cancer
- 08:13 – 10:27 Leo
- 10:27 – 12:40 Virgo
- 12:40 – 14:57 Libra
- 14:57 – 17:14 Scorpio
- 17:14 – 19:18 Sagittarius
- 19:18 – 21:03 Capricorn
- 21:03 – 22:34 Aquarius
- 22:34 – 00:02 next day Pisces
- 00:02 – 01:41 next day Aries
- 01:41 – 03:38 next day Taurus
- 03:38 – 05:15 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