Varanasi panchang, 19 June 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 09:28 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:07
- 05:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:07 Moon enters Leo
- 14:53 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:49 to 05:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 14:53
- Karana Bava until 05:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:07 Moon enters Leo
- 14:53 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:53 – 16:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:08 – 10:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:07 – 05:09 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. 03:46 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:07 – 05:09 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:00 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:08 – 06:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:07 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:09 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:17 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)
- 03:46 – 04:56 Taurus
- 04:56 – 07:10 Gemini
- 07:10 – 09:28 Cancer
- 09:28 – 11:42 Leo
- 11:42 – 13:55 Virgo
- 13:55 – 16:11 Libra
- 16:11 – 18:28 Scorpio
- 18:28 – 20:33 Sagittarius
- 20:33 – 22:18 Capricorn
- 22:18 – 23:49 Aquarius
- 23:49 – 01:17 next day Pisces
- 01:17 – 02:55 next day Aries
- 02:55 – 04:52 next day Taurus
- 04:52 – 05:09 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