Varanasi panchang, 9 July 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 00:04 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:15 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 10:12 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:50 to 05:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 10:38
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:12
- Karana Gara until 10:38, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:12 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:27
- 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. 03:52 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:50 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 14:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:38 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:52 Gemini
- 05:52 – 08:09 Cancer
- 08:09 – 10:23 Leo
- 10:23 – 12:36 Virgo
- 12:36 – 14:53 Libra
- 14:53 – 17:10 Scorpio
- 17:10 – 19:14 Sagittarius
- 19:14 – 20:59 Capricorn
- 20:59 – 22:30 Aquarius
- 22:30 – 23:58 Pisces
- 23:58 – 01:37 next day Aries
- 01:37 – 03:34 next day Taurus
- 03:34 – 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