Bengaluru panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 07:02 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 12.97°, 77.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:51 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:04
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:37 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:04
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Char | 13:51 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:37 | Good |
| Char | 18:37 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 07:48 Taurus
- 07:48 – 10:00 Gemini
- 10:00 – 12:09 Cancer
- 12:09 – 14:12 Leo
- 14:12 – 16:13 Virgo
- 16:13 – 18:20 Libra
- 18:20 – 20:32 Scorpio
- 20:32 – 22:39 Sagittarius
- 22:39 – 00:32 next day Capricorn
- 00:32 – 02:14 next day Aquarius
- 02:14 – 03:54 next day Pisces
- 03:54 – 05:42 next day Aries
- 05:42 – 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