Varanasi panchang, 29 July 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 18:47 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:44
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:44 to 05:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:57
- Karana Vishti until 07:15, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:44
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. 03:59 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:24 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:25 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
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:33 Gemini
- 04:33 – 06:51 Cancer
- 06:51 – 09:05 Leo
- 09:05 – 11:18 Virgo
- 11:18 – 13:34 Libra
- 13:34 – 15:51 Scorpio
- 15:51 – 17:56 Sagittarius
- 17:56 – 19:41 Capricorn
- 19:41 – 21:11 Aquarius
- 21:11 – 22:40 Pisces
- 22:40 – 00:18 next day Aries
- 00:18 – 02:15 next day Taurus
- 02:15 – 04:29 next day Gemini
- 04:29 – 05:25 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