Varanasi panchang, 25 July 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 15:43 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:22 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 05:22 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:25
- 11:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:46 to 05:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:08 Yoga becomes Indra
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 11:34
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:35 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 21:08
- Karana Vishti until 11:34, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:08 Yoga becomes Indra
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:22 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:22 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:25
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 – 04:40
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:22 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:23 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
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:49 Gemini
- 04:49 – 07:06 Cancer
- 07:06 – 09:20 Leo
- 09:20 – 11:33 Virgo
- 11:33 – 13:50 Libra
- 13:50 – 16:07 Scorpio
- 16:07 – 18:11 Sagittarius
- 18:11 – 19:56 Capricorn
- 19:56 – 21:27 Aquarius
- 21:27 – 22:56 Pisces
- 22:56 – 00:34 next day Aries
- 00:34 – 02:31 next day Taurus
- 02:31 – 04:45 next day Gemini
- 04:45 – 05:23 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