Varanasi panchang, 11 May 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 01:20 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:55 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:53
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:32 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 15:25
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 01:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:25, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:04 – 23:19 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:15 – 14:52 next day
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 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:35 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:32 | Good |
| Char | 18:32 – 19:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:35 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:54 Pisces
- 03:54 – 05:33 Aries
- 05:33 – 07:30 Taurus
- 07:30 – 09:44 Gemini
- 09:44 – 12:01 Cancer
- 12:01 – 14:15 Leo
- 14:15 – 16:28 Virgo
- 16:28 – 18:45 Libra
- 18:45 – 21:02 Scorpio
- 21:02 – 23:06 Sagittarius
- 23:06 – 00:51 next day Capricorn
- 00:51 – 02:22 next day Aquarius
- 02:22 – 03:50 next day Pisces
- 03:50 – 05:15 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