Varanasi panchang, 10 July 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 00:45 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:57 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:27 – 17:08
- 07:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:45 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:50 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:16
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:14
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 18:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:39
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:14 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:08
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:50 – 06:14 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 08:41 – 10:35
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 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:16 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:15 – 06:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:27 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:16 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
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:48 Gemini
- 05:48 – 08:05 Cancer
- 08:05 – 10:19 Leo
- 10:19 – 12:32 Virgo
- 12:32 – 14:49 Libra
- 14:49 – 17:06 Scorpio
- 17:06 – 19:10 Sagittarius
- 19:10 – 20:55 Capricorn
- 20:55 – 22:26 Aquarius
- 22:26 – 23:54 Pisces
- 23:54 – 01:33 next day Aries
- 01:33 – 03:30 next day Taurus
- 03:30 – 05:16 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