Varanasi panchang, 27 July 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 17:23 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:03 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:04
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:45 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 16:15
- Nakshatra Mula until 10:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 22:55
- Karana Taitila until 16:15, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:55 – 00:07 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:28 – 05:24 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. 03:58 – 04:41
- 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 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:28 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:23 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:03 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:43 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:45 | Good |
| Char | 18:45 – 20:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:05 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:41 Gemini
- 04:41 – 06:59 Cancer
- 06:59 – 09:13 Leo
- 09:13 – 11:25 Virgo
- 11:25 – 13:42 Libra
- 13:42 – 15:59 Scorpio
- 15:59 – 18:04 Sagittarius
- 18:04 – 19:48 Capricorn
- 19:48 – 21:19 Aquarius
- 21:19 – 22:48 Pisces
- 22:48 – 00:26 next day Aries
- 00:26 – 02:23 next day Taurus
- 02:23 – 04:37 next day Gemini
- 04:37 – 05:24 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