Varanasi panchang, 12 July 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 02:31 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta 17:01 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam 17:08 – 18:50
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:19 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:50 to 05:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:30
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:06
- Karana Gara until 12:19, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:01 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:08 – 18:50
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. 03:53 – 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:40 Gemini
- 05:40 – 07:58 Cancer
- 07:58 – 10:12 Leo
- 10:12 – 12:24 Virgo
- 12:24 – 14:41 Libra
- 14:41 – 16:58 Scorpio
- 16:58 – 19:03 Sagittarius
- 19:03 – 20:47 Capricorn
- 20:47 – 22:18 Aquarius
- 22:18 – 23:47 Pisces
- 23:47 – 01:25 next day Aries
- 01:25 – 03:22 next day Taurus
- 03:22 – 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