Varanasi panchang, 24 July 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 14:48 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 17:06
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:46 to 05:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:13
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:36 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 20:11
- Karana Gara until 09:13, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:36 – 05:22 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. 03:57 – 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 18:46 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:22 – 04:36 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:13 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:22 – 07:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:43 – 04:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:03 – 05:22 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
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:53 Gemini
- 04:53 – 07:10 Cancer
- 07:10 – 09:24 Leo
- 09:24 – 11:37 Virgo
- 11:37 – 13:54 Libra
- 13:54 – 16:11 Scorpio
- 16:11 – 18:15 Sagittarius
- 18:15 – 20:00 Capricorn
- 20:00 – 21:31 Aquarius
- 21:31 – 22:59 Pisces
- 22:59 – 00:38 next day Aries
- 00:38 – 02:35 next day Taurus
- 02:35 – 04:49 next day Gemini
- 04:49 – 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