Varanasi panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 11:06 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:01 – 08:42
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:06
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:48 to 05:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 18:37
- Karana Gara until 15:41, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:09 – 05:20 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. 03:56 – 04:38
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:28 – 19:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:20 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:01 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:42 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
| Char | 18:48 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:08 Gemini
- 05:08 – 07:26 Cancer
- 07:26 – 09:40 Leo
- 09:40 – 11:53 Virgo
- 11:53 – 14:09 Libra
- 14:09 – 16:26 Scorpio
- 16:26 – 18:31 Sagittarius
- 18:31 – 20:16 Capricorn
- 20:16 – 21:47 Aquarius
- 21:47 – 23:15 Pisces
- 23:15 – 00:53 next day Aries
- 00:53 – 02:51 next day Taurus
- 02:51 – 05:04 next day Gemini
- 05:04 – 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