Varanasi panchang, 15 July 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 05:59 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:45
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:49 to 05:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:51
- Nakshatra Pushya until 21:46 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 08:04
- Karana Bava until 11:51, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:04 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
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. 03:54 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:49 – 20:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:51 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:18 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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:28 Gemini
- 05:28 – 07:46 Cancer
- 07:46 – 10:00 Leo
- 10:00 – 12:13 Virgo
- 12:13 – 14:29 Libra
- 14:29 – 16:46 Scorpio
- 16:46 – 18:51 Sagittarius
- 18:51 – 20:36 Capricorn
- 20:36 – 22:06 Aquarius
- 22:06 – 23:35 Pisces
- 23:35 – 01:13 next day Aries
- 01:13 – 03:10 next day Taurus
- 03:10 – 05:18 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