Varanasi panchang, 26 July 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 16:35 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:58 – 17:52
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:45
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:45 to 05:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:58
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 22:05
- Karana Balava until 13:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:58 – 17:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 22:55 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:23 – 07:35
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. 03:58 – 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 18:45 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:35 – 05:23 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:35 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:23 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:03 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:45 Gemini
- 04:45 – 07:03 Cancer
- 07:03 – 09:16 Leo
- 09:16 – 11:29 Virgo
- 11:29 – 13:46 Libra
- 13:46 – 16:03 Scorpio
- 16:03 – 18:08 Sagittarius
- 18:08 – 19:52 Capricorn
- 19:52 – 21:23 Aquarius
- 21:23 – 22:52 Pisces
- 22:52 – 00:30 next day Aries
- 00:30 – 02:27 next day Taurus
- 02:27 – 04:41 next day Gemini
- 04:41 – 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