Varanasi panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 00:10 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:17 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:17 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:13
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:31 to 05:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:17 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:13
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:20 – 22:30
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 – 04:34
- 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 18:31 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:17 – 23:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:17 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:36 | Good |
| Rog | 08:36 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:31 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:02 Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:40 Aries
- 05:40 – 07:38 Taurus
- 07:38 – 09:52 Gemini
- 09:52 – 12:09 Cancer
- 12:09 – 14:23 Leo
- 14:23 – 16:36 Virgo
- 16:36 – 18:53 Libra
- 18:53 – 21:09 Scorpio
- 21:09 – 23:14 Sagittarius
- 23:14 – 00:59 next day Capricorn
- 00:59 – 02:30 next day Aquarius
- 02:30 – 03:58 next day Pisces
- 03:58 – 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