Varanasi panchang, 22 July 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 12:57 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:45
- 18:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:47 to 05:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:03 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:42
- Karana Balava until 18:07, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 18:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 17:52 – 20:04
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:03 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:21 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:01 Gemini
- 05:01 – 07:18 Cancer
- 07:18 – 09:32 Leo
- 09:32 – 11:45 Virgo
- 11:45 – 14:02 Libra
- 14:02 – 16:19 Scorpio
- 16:19 – 18:23 Sagittarius
- 18:23 – 20:08 Capricorn
- 20:08 – 21:39 Aquarius
- 21:39 – 23:07 Pisces
- 23:07 – 00:46 next day Aries
- 00:46 – 02:43 next day Taurus
- 02:43 – 04:57 next day Gemini
- 04:57 – 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