Varanasi panchang, 18 June 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 08:22 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 18:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:08 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:05
- 08:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:49 to 05:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:59
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:35
- Karana Vanija until 08:14, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:14 – 18:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:05
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. 03:46 – 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 18:49 – 20:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:08 – 11:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 11:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 11:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:59 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:06 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 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 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:00 Taurus
- 05:00 – 07:14 Gemini
- 07:14 – 09:32 Cancer
- 09:32 – 11:46 Leo
- 11:46 – 13:59 Virgo
- 13:59 – 16:15 Libra
- 16:15 – 18:32 Scorpio
- 18:32 – 20:37 Sagittarius
- 20:37 – 22:22 Capricorn
- 22:22 – 23:53 Aquarius
- 23:53 – 01:21 next day Pisces
- 01:21 – 02:59 next day Aries
- 02:59 – 04:56 next day Taurus
- 04:56 – 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