Varanasi panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 18:19 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:49
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 05:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:53
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:13
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44 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. 03:55 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:53 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:23 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:34 Pisces
- 04:34 – 06:12 Aries
- 06:12 – 08:09 Taurus
- 08:09 – 10:23 Gemini
- 10:23 – 12:41 Cancer
- 12:41 – 14:55 Leo
- 14:55 – 17:07 Virgo
- 17:07 – 19:24 Libra
- 19:24 – 21:41 Scorpio
- 21:41 – 23:46 Sagittarius
- 23:46 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 03:01 next day Aquarius
- 03:01 – 04:30 next day Pisces
- 04:30 – 05:22 next day Aries
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