Varanasi panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 19:14 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:22 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:22 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:11
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:27 to 05:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:50 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:44
- Karana Balava until 11:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:22 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:22 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
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 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:22 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:38 | Good |
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:30 Pisces
- 04:30 – 06:08 Aries
- 06:08 – 08:05 Taurus
- 08:05 – 10:19 Gemini
- 10:19 – 12:37 Cancer
- 12:37 – 14:51 Leo
- 14:51 – 17:04 Virgo
- 17:04 – 19:20 Libra
- 19:20 – 21:37 Scorpio
- 21:37 – 23:42 Sagittarius
- 23:42 – 01:27 next day Capricorn
- 01:27 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 04:26 next day Pisces
- 04:26 – 05:21 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