Varanasi panchang, 4 August 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 22:04 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 17:01
- 10:33 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:40 to 05:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 22:03
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 19:33
- Karana Gara until 10:33, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:01
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:33 – 21:33
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:03 – 05:27 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. 04:01 – 04:44
- 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 18:40 – 20:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 21:54 – 22:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:54 – 05:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:54 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:27 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:06 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Char | 08:45 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 17:01 | Good |
| Rog | 17:01 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:46 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:06 – 05:27 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
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:09 Gemini
- 04:09 – 06:27 Cancer
- 06:27 – 08:41 Leo
- 08:41 – 10:54 Virgo
- 10:54 – 13:10 Libra
- 13:10 – 15:27 Scorpio
- 15:27 – 17:32 Sagittarius
- 17:32 – 19:17 Capricorn
- 19:17 – 20:48 Aquarius
- 20:48 – 22:16 Pisces
- 22:16 – 23:54 Aries
- 23:54 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 04:06 next day Gemini
- 04:06 – 05:27 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