Varanasi panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 09:13 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:19 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:19 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:26
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:48 to 05:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:19 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:19 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. 03:55 – 04:37
- 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 18:48 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:19 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:41 | Good |
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:16 Gemini
- 05:16 – 07:34 Cancer
- 07:34 – 09:48 Leo
- 09:48 – 12:01 Virgo
- 12:01 – 14:17 Libra
- 14:17 – 16:34 Scorpio
- 16:34 – 18:39 Sagittarius
- 18:39 – 20:24 Capricorn
- 20:24 – 21:55 Aquarius
- 21:55 – 23:23 Pisces
- 23:23 – 01:01 next day Aries
- 01:01 – 02:58 next day Taurus
- 02:58 – 05:12 next day Gemini
- 05:12 – 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