Varanasi panchang, 7 May 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 23:30 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:18 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:52
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:30 to 05:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:14
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:59 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:14, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:52
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 – 04:35
- 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 18:30 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 10:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:45 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:18 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:36 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Char | 10:15 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:12 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:30 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:51 – 21:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:12 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:36 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:10 Pisces
- 04:10 – 05:48 Aries
- 05:48 – 07:45 Taurus
- 07:45 – 09:59 Gemini
- 09:59 – 12:17 Cancer
- 12:17 – 14:31 Leo
- 14:31 – 16:44 Virgo
- 16:44 – 19:00 Libra
- 19:00 – 21:17 Scorpio
- 21:17 – 23:22 Sagittarius
- 23:22 – 01:07 next day Capricorn
- 01:07 – 02:38 next day Aquarius
- 02:38 – 04:06 next day Pisces
- 04:06 – 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