Varanasi panchang, 31 July 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 19:56 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 18:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 17:03
- 06:38 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:04 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:42 to 05:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:32
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:27 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:54
- Karana Taitila until 10:04, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:38 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:03
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 18:42 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:25 – 07:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:05 – 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
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:25 Gemini
- 04:25 – 06:43 Cancer
- 06:43 – 08:57 Leo
- 08:57 – 11:10 Virgo
- 11:10 – 13:26 Libra
- 13:26 – 15:43 Scorpio
- 15:43 – 17:48 Sagittarius
- 17:48 – 19:33 Capricorn
- 19:33 – 21:04 Aquarius
- 21:04 – 22:32 Pisces
- 22:32 – 00:10 next day Aries
- 00:10 – 02:07 next day Taurus
- 02:07 – 04:21 next day Gemini
- 04:21 – 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