Varanasi panchang, 21 June 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 11:26 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 18:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:50
- 09:31 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 15:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:50 to 05:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 15:21
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:31 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:21
- Karana Vanija until 15:21, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:31 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 15:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:21 – 10:31 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:21 – 15:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:50
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 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:31 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 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 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:49 Taurus
- 04:49 – 07:02 Gemini
- 07:02 – 09:20 Cancer
- 09:20 – 11:34 Leo
- 11:34 – 13:47 Virgo
- 13:47 – 16:03 Libra
- 16:03 – 18:20 Scorpio
- 18:20 – 20:25 Sagittarius
- 20:25 – 22:10 Capricorn
- 22:10 – 23:41 Aquarius
- 23:41 – 01:09 next day Pisces
- 01:09 – 02:47 next day Aries
- 02:47 – 04:45 next day Taurus
- 04:45 – 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