Varanasi panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 21:05 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:51
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:28 to 05:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:51
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. 03:53 – 04:37
- 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 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:20 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:37 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:15 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:37 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:22 Pisces
- 04:22 – 06:00 Aries
- 06:00 – 07:57 Taurus
- 07:57 – 10:11 Gemini
- 10:11 – 12:29 Cancer
- 12:29 – 14:43 Leo
- 14:43 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 19:12 Libra
- 19:12 – 21:29 Scorpio
- 21:29 – 23:34 Sagittarius
- 23:34 – 01:19 next day Capricorn
- 01:19 – 02:50 next day Aquarius
- 02:50 – 04:18 next day Pisces
- 04:18 – 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