Bengaluru panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 05:03 Vaishakha month
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 12.97°, 77.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:55 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:51 – 15:26
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:37 to 05:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:26
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. 04:24 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:51 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:01 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:56 Taurus
- 07:56 – 10:07 Gemini
- 10:07 – 12:17 Cancer
- 12:17 – 14:19 Leo
- 14:19 – 16:21 Virgo
- 16:21 – 18:28 Libra
- 18:28 – 20:39 Scorpio
- 20:39 – 22:46 Sagittarius
- 22:46 – 00:40 next day Capricorn
- 00:40 – 02:22 next day Aquarius
- 02:22 – 04:02 next day Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:50 next day Aries
- 05:50 – 05:54 next day Taurus
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