Varanasi panchang, 2 August 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 20:58 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:41
- 11:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:27 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:41 to 05:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 23:15
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:29
- Karana Bava until 11:15, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:41
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. 04:00 – 04:43
- 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 18:41 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:37 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:05 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:17 Gemini
- 04:17 – 06:35 Cancer
- 06:35 – 08:49 Leo
- 08:49 – 11:02 Virgo
- 11:02 – 13:18 Libra
- 13:18 – 15:35 Scorpio
- 15:35 – 17:40 Sagittarius
- 17:40 – 19:25 Capricorn
- 19:25 – 20:56 Aquarius
- 20:56 – 22:24 Pisces
- 22:24 – 00:02 next day Aries
- 00:02 – 01:59 next day Taurus
- 01:59 – 04:13 next day Gemini
- 04:13 – 05:26 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