Varanasi panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 07:08 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:18 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:49 to 05:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:22 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:53, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:22 – 22:46 next day
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 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:52 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:18 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:41 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:08 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:24 Gemini
- 05:24 – 07:42 Cancer
- 07:42 – 09:56 Leo
- 09:56 – 12:09 Virgo
- 12:09 – 14:25 Libra
- 14:25 – 16:42 Scorpio
- 16:42 – 18:47 Sagittarius
- 18:47 – 20:32 Capricorn
- 20:32 – 22:03 Aquarius
- 22:03 – 23:31 Pisces
- 23:31 – 01:09 next day Aries
- 01:09 – 03:06 next day Taurus
- 03:06 – 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