Varanasi panchang, 20 June 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 10:28 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:09 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:09 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:24
- 09:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:48 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:49 to 05:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:47
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 12:48
- Karana Taitila until 15:47, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:48 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:09 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:24
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) 11:32 – 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 05:09 – 09:26
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:09 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
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:52 Taurus
- 04:52 – 07:06 Gemini
- 07:06 – 09:24 Cancer
- 09:24 – 11:38 Leo
- 11:38 – 13:51 Virgo
- 13:51 – 16:07 Libra
- 16:07 – 18:24 Scorpio
- 18:24 – 20:29 Sagittarius
- 20:29 – 22:14 Capricorn
- 22:14 – 23:45 Aquarius
- 23:45 – 01:13 next day Pisces
- 01:13 – 02:51 next day Aries
- 02:51 – 04:49 next day Taurus
- 04:49 – 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