Varanasi panchang, 13 May 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 02:25 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:33 to 05:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:17 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:54
- Karana Balava until 13:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:17 – 05:14 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. 03:49 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:30 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:14 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 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:25 Aries
- 05:25 – 07:22 Taurus
- 07:22 – 09:36 Gemini
- 09:36 – 11:54 Cancer
- 11:54 – 14:07 Leo
- 14:07 – 16:20 Virgo
- 16:20 – 18:37 Libra
- 18:37 – 20:54 Scorpio
- 20:54 – 22:58 Sagittarius
- 22:58 – 00:43 next day Capricorn
- 00:43 – 02:14 next day Aquarius
- 02:14 – 03:43 next day Pisces
- 03:43 – 05:14 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