Varanasi panchang, 19 July 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 10:11 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:48
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:48 to 05:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:30 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:12 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 19:23
- Karana Kaulava until 15:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:48
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 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 18:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:19 – 18:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 18:12 – 05:20 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:12 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:19 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:00 – 08:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:01 – 05:20 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 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:12 Gemini
- 05:12 – 07:30 Cancer
- 07:30 – 09:44 Leo
- 09:44 – 11:57 Virgo
- 11:57 – 14:13 Libra
- 14:13 – 16:30 Scorpio
- 16:30 – 18:35 Sagittarius
- 18:35 – 20:20 Capricorn
- 20:20 – 21:51 Aquarius
- 21:51 – 23:19 Pisces
- 23:19 – 00:57 next day Aries
- 00:57 – 02:55 next day Taurus
- 02:55 – 05:08 next day Gemini
- 05:08 – 05:20 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