Varanasi panchang, 22 June 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 12:21 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:34
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:06
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:50 to 05:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:05 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:40
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 10:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:31
- Karana Bava until 15:40, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:05 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:06
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. 03:46 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:22 – 12:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:34 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:50 | Good |
| Char | 18:50 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:45 Taurus
- 04:45 – 06:59 Gemini
- 06:59 – 09:16 Cancer
- 09:16 – 11:30 Leo
- 11:30 – 13:43 Virgo
- 13:43 – 16:00 Libra
- 16:00 – 18:16 Scorpio
- 18:16 – 20:21 Sagittarius
- 20:21 – 22:06 Capricorn
- 22:06 – 23:37 Aquarius
- 23:37 – 01:05 next day Pisces
- 01:05 – 02:44 next day Aries
- 02:44 – 04:41 next day Taurus
- 04:41 – 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