Varanasi panchang, 11 July 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 01:33 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:16 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 05:16 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:27
- 05:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:03 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:50 to 05:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 05:23
- Nakshatra Krittika until 11:03 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 00:05 next day
- Karana Balava until 05:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:03 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:16 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:27
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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:03 – 05:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:03 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:44 Gemini
- 05:44 – 08:02 Cancer
- 08:02 – 10:15 Leo
- 10:15 – 12:28 Virgo
- 12:28 – 14:45 Libra
- 14:45 – 17:02 Scorpio
- 17:02 – 19:06 Sagittarius
- 19:06 – 20:51 Capricorn
- 20:51 – 22:22 Aquarius
- 22:22 – 23:51 Pisces
- 23:51 – 01:29 next day Aries
- 01:29 – 03:26 next day Taurus
- 03:26 – 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