Varanasi panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:30 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:57 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:51
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:30 to 05:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:51
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. 03:51 – 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 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:20 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:18 – 06:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:06 Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:44 Aries
- 05:44 – 07:42 Taurus
- 07:42 – 09:55 Gemini
- 09:55 – 12:13 Cancer
- 12:13 – 14:27 Leo
- 14:27 – 16:40 Virgo
- 16:40 – 18:56 Libra
- 18:56 – 21:13 Scorpio
- 21:13 – 23:18 Sagittarius
- 23:18 – 01:03 next day Capricorn
- 01:03 – 02:34 next day Aquarius
- 02:34 – 04:02 next day Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:17 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