Varanasi panchang, 12 June 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 02:09 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 18:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 17:05
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 09:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:47 to 05:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:37
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 06:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:26
- Karana Kaulava until 09:11, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 09:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:05
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) 11:30 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 06:28
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:08 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:05 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:33 – 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
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:33 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)
- 03:45 – 05:24 Taurus
- 05:24 – 07:38 Gemini
- 07:38 – 09:56 Cancer
- 09:56 – 12:09 Leo
- 12:09 – 14:22 Virgo
- 14:22 – 16:39 Libra
- 16:39 – 18:56 Scorpio
- 18:56 – 21:01 Sagittarius
- 21:01 – 22:45 Capricorn
- 22:45 – 00:16 next day Aquarius
- 00:16 – 01:45 next day Pisces
- 01:45 – 03:23 next day Aries
- 03:23 – 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