Varanasi panchang, 8 June 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:46 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
05:07 to 18:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:50 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 16:02
- 09:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:46 to 05:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:36 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 03:24 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:28
- Karana Balava until 15:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:36 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 16:02
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. 03:45 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:46 | Good |
| Char | 18:46 – 20:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:40 Taurus
- 05:40 – 07:54 Gemini
- 07:54 – 10:11 Cancer
- 10:11 – 12:25 Leo
- 12:25 – 14:38 Virgo
- 14:38 – 16:55 Libra
- 16:55 – 19:12 Scorpio
- 19:12 – 21:16 Sagittarius
- 21:16 – 23:01 Capricorn
- 23:01 – 00:32 next day Aquarius
- 00:32 – 02:00 next day Pisces
- 02:00 – 03:39 next day Aries
- 03:39 – 05:07 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