Varanasi panchang, 3 June 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 21:28 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:38
- 08:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:43 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:21
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:59 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 08:12
- Karana Vanija until 08:12, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:38
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. 03:45 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:43 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:02 Aries
- 04:02 – 05:59 Taurus
- 05:59 – 08:13 Gemini
- 08:13 – 10:31 Cancer
- 10:31 – 12:45 Leo
- 12:45 – 14:58 Virgo
- 14:58 – 17:14 Libra
- 17:14 – 19:31 Scorpio
- 19:31 – 21:36 Sagittarius
- 21:36 – 23:21 Capricorn
- 23:21 – 00:52 next day Aquarius
- 00:52 – 02:20 next day Pisces
- 02:20 – 03:58 next day Aries
- 03:58 – 05:08 next day Taurus
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