Varanasi panchang, 13 July 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 03:36 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:58 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 05:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:50 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:50 to 05:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 05:41 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:00
- Karana Vishti until 08:40, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:50 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:00 – 19:36
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 – 04:35
- 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 05:16 – 05:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 05:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:40 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:50 | Good |
| Char | 18:50 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:40 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:36 Gemini
- 05:36 – 07:54 Cancer
- 07:54 – 10:08 Leo
- 10:08 – 12:20 Virgo
- 12:20 – 14:37 Libra
- 14:37 – 16:54 Scorpio
- 16:54 – 18:59 Sagittarius
- 18:59 – 20:44 Capricorn
- 20:44 – 22:14 Aquarius
- 22:14 – 23:43 Pisces
- 23:43 – 01:21 next day Aries
- 01:21 – 03:18 next day Taurus
- 03:18 – 05:17 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