Varanasi panchang, 21 July 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 12:02 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 18:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:06
- 07:54 Moon enters Libra
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:47 to 05:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 05:17 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 18:25
- Karana Vishti until 16:35, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:54 Moon enters Libra
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:06
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 18:47 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:20 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:20 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:01 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Char | 08:42 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:06 | Good |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:04 Gemini
- 05:04 – 07:22 Cancer
- 07:22 – 09:36 Leo
- 09:36 – 11:49 Virgo
- 11:49 – 14:06 Libra
- 14:06 – 16:22 Scorpio
- 16:22 – 18:27 Sagittarius
- 18:27 – 20:12 Capricorn
- 20:12 – 21:43 Aquarius
- 21:43 – 23:11 Pisces
- 23:11 – 00:49 next day Aries
- 00:49 – 02:47 next day Taurus
- 02:47 – 05:01 next day Gemini
- 05:01 – 05:21 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