Varanasi panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 22:46 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:29 to 05:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:51
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 01:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
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. 03:52 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:19 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:18 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
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:14 Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:52 Aries
- 05:52 – 07:49 Taurus
- 07:49 – 10:03 Gemini
- 10:03 – 12:21 Cancer
- 12:21 – 14:35 Leo
- 14:35 – 16:48 Virgo
- 16:48 – 19:04 Libra
- 19:04 – 21:21 Scorpio
- 21:21 – 23:26 Sagittarius
- 23:26 – 01:11 next day Capricorn
- 01:11 – 02:42 next day Aquarius
- 02:42 – 04:10 next day Pisces
- 04:10 – 05:18 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