Varanasi panchang, 6 June 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 23:19 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 18:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:08 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 05:08 – 06:02
- Durmuhurta 06:02 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:20
- 06:03 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:05 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:45 to 05:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:41 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 10:04
- Karana Gara until 14:05, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:03 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:03 Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:08 – 06:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:02 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:04 – 10:02 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:41 – 15:08 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. 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 18:45 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 06:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 03:50 Aries
- 03:50 – 05:48 Taurus
- 05:48 – 08:01 Gemini
- 08:01 – 10:19 Cancer
- 10:19 – 12:33 Leo
- 12:33 – 14:46 Virgo
- 14:46 – 17:02 Libra
- 17:02 – 19:19 Scorpio
- 19:19 – 21:24 Sagittarius
- 21:24 – 23:09 Capricorn
- 23:09 – 00:40 next day Aquarius
- 00:40 – 02:08 next day Pisces
- 02:08 – 03:46 next day Aries
- 03:46 – 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