Varanasi panchang, 26 June 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 15:59 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 17:08
- 09:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:33 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:50 to 05:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 19:16 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 11:38
- Karana Bava until 09:14, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:16 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:08
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. 03:47 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:10 – 06:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:29 Taurus
- 04:29 – 06:43 Gemini
- 06:43 – 09:01 Cancer
- 09:01 – 11:14 Leo
- 11:14 – 13:27 Virgo
- 13:27 – 15:44 Libra
- 15:44 – 18:01 Scorpio
- 18:01 – 20:05 Sagittarius
- 20:05 – 21:50 Capricorn
- 21:50 – 23:21 Aquarius
- 23:21 – 00:50 next day Pisces
- 00:50 – 02:28 next day Aries
- 02:28 – 04:25 next day Taurus
- 04:25 – 05:10 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