Varanasi panchang, 17 July 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 08:13 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:07
- 06:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:49 to 05:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:28
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 22:46
- Karana Gara until 06:28, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:30 – 04:43 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:18 – 18:35
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) 11:37 – 12:31
- 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 05:18 – 18:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:35 – 05:19 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:35 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:18 – 07:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:20 Gemini
- 05:20 – 07:38 Cancer
- 07:38 – 09:52 Leo
- 09:52 – 12:05 Virgo
- 12:05 – 14:21 Libra
- 14:21 – 16:38 Scorpio
- 16:38 – 18:43 Sagittarius
- 18:43 – 20:28 Capricorn
- 20:28 – 21:59 Aquarius
- 21:59 – 23:27 Pisces
- 23:27 – 01:05 next day Aries
- 01:05 – 03:02 next day Taurus
- 03:02 – 05:16 next day Gemini
- 05:16 – 05:19 next day Cancer
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