Varanasi panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 21:57 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 18:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:50
- 05:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:29 to 05:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 00:16 next day
- Karana Vishti until 05:24, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:50
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 – 04:36
- 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 18:29 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:20 – 05:24
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:20 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Char | 08:37 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:29 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:15 – 02:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:37 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:58 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:18 Pisces
- 04:18 – 05:56 Aries
- 05:56 – 07:53 Taurus
- 07:53 – 10:07 Gemini
- 10:07 – 12:25 Cancer
- 12:25 – 14:39 Leo
- 14:39 – 16:52 Virgo
- 16:52 – 19:08 Libra
- 19:08 – 21:25 Scorpio
- 21:25 – 23:30 Sagittarius
- 23:30 – 01:15 next day Capricorn
- 01:15 – 02:46 next day Aquarius
- 02:46 – 04:14 next day Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:19 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