Varanasi panchang, 29 June 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 18:39 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:53 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:07
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:51 to 05:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:26 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:03 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 14:26
- Karana Vishti until 16:17, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:07
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:03 – 05:11 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. 03:48 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:51 | Good |
| Char | 18:51 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:11 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
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:17 Taurus
- 04:17 – 06:31 Gemini
- 06:31 – 08:49 Cancer
- 08:49 – 11:03 Leo
- 11:03 – 13:16 Virgo
- 13:16 – 15:32 Libra
- 15:32 – 17:49 Scorpio
- 17:49 – 19:54 Sagittarius
- 19:54 – 21:39 Capricorn
- 21:39 – 23:09 Aquarius
- 23:09 – 00:38 next day Pisces
- 00:38 – 02:16 next day Aries
- 02:16 – 04:13 next day Taurus
- 04:13 – 05:11 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