Varanasi panchang, 30 July 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 19:23 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:25 – 07:04
- Gulika Kalam 08:44 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:03
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:43 to 05:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:43 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 00:05 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:03
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 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:43 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:25 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:04 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:44 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:43 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:03 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:05 – 05:25 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
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:29 Gemini
- 04:29 – 06:47 Cancer
- 06:47 – 09:01 Leo
- 09:01 – 11:14 Virgo
- 11:14 – 13:30 Libra
- 13:30 – 15:47 Scorpio
- 15:47 – 17:52 Sagittarius
- 17:52 – 19:37 Capricorn
- 19:37 – 21:07 Aquarius
- 21:07 – 22:36 Pisces
- 22:36 – 00:14 next day Aries
- 00:14 – 02:11 next day Taurus
- 02:11 – 04:25 next day Gemini
- 04:25 – 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