Varanasi panchang, 23 July 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 13:52 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:21 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:05
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:47 to 05:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:03
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 19:20
- Karana Kaulava until 07:03, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:21 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:05
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. 03:57 – 04:39
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:21 – 05:22 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:03 – 05:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:42 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:21 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:06 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:22 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
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:57 Gemini
- 04:57 – 07:14 Cancer
- 07:14 – 09:28 Leo
- 09:28 – 11:41 Virgo
- 11:41 – 13:58 Libra
- 13:58 – 16:15 Scorpio
- 16:15 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 20:04 Capricorn
- 20:04 – 21:35 Aquarius
- 21:35 – 23:03 Pisces
- 23:03 – 00:42 next day Aries
- 00:42 – 02:39 next day Taurus
- 02:39 – 04:53 next day Gemini
- 04:53 – 05:22 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