Varanasi panchang, 5 June 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 22:45 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 18:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 17:02
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 12:28 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:44 to 05:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 09:42
- Karana Kaulava until 12:28, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 12:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 17:02
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. 03:44 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 05:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:20 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:08 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:44 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 03:54 Aries
- 03:54 – 05:51 Taurus
- 05:51 – 08:05 Gemini
- 08:05 – 10:23 Cancer
- 10:23 – 12:37 Leo
- 12:37 – 14:50 Virgo
- 14:50 – 17:06 Libra
- 17:06 – 19:23 Scorpio
- 19:23 – 21:28 Sagittarius
- 21:28 – 23:13 Capricorn
- 23:13 – 00:44 next day Aquarius
- 00:44 – 02:12 next day Pisces
- 02:12 – 03:50 next day Aries
- 03:50 – 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