Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · Wednesday, 08 Jul 2026

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What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu almanac for one day and one place: the tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga, karana and weekday, together with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Check the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are periods the tradition avoids for starting new things; Abhijit is generally treated as the favourable midday window. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each named good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

Sunrise

05:13

Sunset

18:52

Moonrise

— The Moon does not rise on this date at this place.

Moonset

12:32

Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.

The five limbs

Each limb ends at the instant shown.
Limb	Value	Ends	What the texts say
Tithi	Ashtami then Navami	12:22	Jaya (victorious) Associated with contest, litigation and anything to be won.
Nakshatra	Revati then Ashwini	16:00	Pushan is the protector of travellers and herds. The last nakshatra: read as completion, safe arrival, and care for those still on the road.
Yoga	Atiganda then Sukarma	12:38	inauspicious Among the yogas the texts advise avoiding for new beginnings.
Karana	Kaulava then Taitila · until 23:35 then Gara	12:22	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Wednesday	—	Ruled by Mercury. Favoured for study, trade and communication.

Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.

Day periods

Sunrise 05:13
Sunset 18:52

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sun and muhurtas

Period	From	To	What the texts say
Sunrise	05:13	—
Sunset	18:52	—
Rahu kaal	12:02	13:45	An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it.
Gulika	10:20	12:02	Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect.
Yamaganda	06:56	08:38	A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday.
Abhijit	11:35	12:30	The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	03:50	04:32	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:11	05:13	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:19	15:13	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	18:52	19:12	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	18:52	19:54	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:42	00:23 09 Jul 2026	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	11:35	12:30	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	13:38	15:13	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.

The day at a glance

Day length (dinamana): 13 h 38 min
Night length (ratrimana): 10 h 21 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:02
Disha shool — direction to avoid for travel: North

Sunrise is taken when the upper edge of the Sun clears the horizon, allowing for atmospheric refraction — the convention of the Drik panchang. Almanacs that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

More of the day

Moon sign: Pisces · until 16:00
then Aries
Sun sign: Gemini
Nakshatra pada: Revati pada 3 · until 10:10
Revati pada 4 · until 16:00
Ashwini pada 1 · until 21:48
Ashwini pada 2 · until 03:33 (09 Jul 2026)
Ashwini pada 3
Sun's nakshatra: Punarvasu pada 1
Anandadi yoga: Utpata · until 16:00
then Mrityu
Shaka samvat: 1948 Parabhava
Vikram samvat: 2083
Gujarati samvat: 2082 Pingala
Ritu (by lunar month): Grishma
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Varsha
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): North · until 16:00
then East
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): South-west

The Shaka year changes at Chaitra shukla pratipada and the Gujarati year at Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. The two ritus differ because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's actual season.

Yogas and windows of the day
Period	From	To	What the texts say
Ravi yoga	Not today		When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today		The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	Whole day		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	05:13	16:00	The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.

Choghadiya

The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Labh	05:13	06:56	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	06:56	08:38	best anything at all
Kaal	08:38	10:20	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	10:20	12:02	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	12:02	13:45	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	13:45	15:27	avoid government work only
Chal	15:27	17:09	neutral travel and movement
Labh	17:09	18:52	good trade, starting a business, gain

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Udveg	18:52	20:09	avoid government work only
Shubh	20:09	21:27	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	21:27	22:45	best anything at all
Chal	22:45	00:03	neutral travel and movement
Rog	00:03	01:20	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	01:20	02:38	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	02:38	03:56	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	03:56	05:14	avoid government work only

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Rogam	05:13	06:56	avoid medicine only
Visham	06:56	08:38	avoid nothing new
Labham	08:38	10:20	good gain, new work
Dhanam	10:20	12:02	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	12:02	13:45	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	13:45	15:27	best anything auspicious
Uthi	15:27	17:09	neutral ordinary work
Soram	17:09	18:52	avoid nothing new

Hora

Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Mercury	05:13	06:21	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
2	Moon	06:21	07:30	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
3	Saturn	07:30	08:38	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
4	Jupiter	08:38	09:46	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
5	Mars	09:46	10:54	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
6	Sun	10:54	12:02	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
7	Venus	12:02	13:11	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
8	Mercury	13:11	14:19	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
9	Moon	14:19	15:27	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
10	Saturn	15:27	16:35	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
11	Jupiter	16:35	17:43	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
12	Mars	17:43	18:52	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
13 night	Sun	18:52	19:44	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
14 night	Venus	19:44	20:35	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
15 night	Mercury	20:35	21:27	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
16 night	Moon	21:27	22:19	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
17 night	Saturn	22:19	23:11	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
18 night	Jupiter	23:11	00:03	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
19 night	Mars	00:03	00:54	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
20 night	Sun	00:54	01:46	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
21 night	Venus	01:46	02:38	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
22 night	Mercury	02:38	03:30	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
23 night	Moon	03:30	04:22	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
24 night	Saturn	04:22	05:14	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly

Festivals and observances

Nothing marked on this date.