Varanasi panchang, 10 May 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 00:46 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:13 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:52 – 18:31
- 12:13 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:31 to 05:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:09 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:07
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:50 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 02:09 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:07, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:13 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:09 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:52 – 18:31
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. 03:50 – 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:35 – 10:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:52 – 21:13 | Good |
| Char | 21:13 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:35 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:55 – 05:16 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 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:58 Pisces
- 03:58 – 05:37 Aries
- 05:37 – 07:34 Taurus
- 07:34 – 09:48 Gemini
- 09:48 – 12:05 Cancer
- 12:05 – 14:19 Leo
- 14:19 – 16:32 Virgo
- 16:32 – 18:49 Libra
- 18:49 – 21:06 Scorpio
- 21:06 – 23:10 Sagittarius
- 23:10 – 00:55 next day Capricorn
- 00:55 – 02:26 next day Aquarius
- 02:26 – 03:54 next day Pisces
- 03:54 – 05:16 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