Varanasi panchang, 16 June 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 06:01 Jyeshtha 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 18:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 17:06
- 14:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:48 to 05:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:34 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:06
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 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:52 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Char | 08:33 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 17:06 | Good |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:33 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 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 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:08 Taurus
- 05:08 – 07:22 Gemini
- 07:22 – 09:40 Cancer
- 09:40 – 11:54 Leo
- 11:54 – 14:07 Virgo
- 14:07 – 16:23 Libra
- 16:23 – 18:40 Scorpio
- 18:40 – 20:45 Sagittarius
- 20:45 – 22:30 Capricorn
- 22:30 – 00:00 next day Aquarius
- 00:00 – 01:29 next day Pisces
- 01:29 – 03:07 next day Aries
- 03:07 – 05:04 next day Taurus
- 05:04 – 05:08 next day Gemini
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