Varanasi panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 20:10 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:28
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:28 to 05:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 22:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:54, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:28
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:21 – 07:10
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 05:20 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. 03:54 – 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 18:28 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:21 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:00 – 08:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:37 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:26 Pisces
- 04:26 – 06:04 Aries
- 06:04 – 08:01 Taurus
- 08:01 – 10:15 Gemini
- 10:15 – 12:33 Cancer
- 12:33 – 14:47 Leo
- 14:47 – 17:00 Virgo
- 17:00 – 19:16 Libra
- 19:16 – 21:33 Scorpio
- 21:33 – 23:38 Sagittarius
- 23:38 – 01:23 next day Capricorn
- 01:23 – 02:53 next day Aquarius
- 02:53 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 05:20 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