Varanasi panchang, 12 May 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 01:52 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 16:53
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:33 to 05:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:52
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:17 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:19
- Karana Vishti until 14:52, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:25 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:15 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:19 – 00:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:15 – 01:17 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 18:33 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:17 – 05:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:17 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:55 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Char | 08:35 – 10:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 16:53 | Good |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:33 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:53 – 21:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:50 Pisces
- 03:50 – 05:29 Aries
- 05:29 – 07:26 Taurus
- 07:26 – 09:40 Gemini
- 09:40 – 11:57 Cancer
- 11:57 – 14:11 Leo
- 14:11 – 16:24 Virgo
- 16:24 – 18:41 Libra
- 18:41 – 20:58 Scorpio
- 20:58 – 23:02 Sagittarius
- 23:02 – 00:47 next day Capricorn
- 00:47 – 02:18 next day Aquarius
- 02:18 – 03:46 next day Pisces
- 03:46 – 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