Varanasi panchang, 14 May 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 02:59 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:14 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:54
- 11:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 11:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:34 to 05:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:34 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 11:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 17:53
- Karana Taitila until 11:21, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 11:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:34 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:54
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 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 18:34 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 22:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:34 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:14 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:21 Aries
- 05:21 – 07:18 Taurus
- 07:18 – 09:32 Gemini
- 09:32 – 11:50 Cancer
- 11:50 – 14:04 Leo
- 14:04 – 16:16 Virgo
- 16:16 – 18:33 Libra
- 18:33 – 20:50 Scorpio
- 20:50 – 22:55 Sagittarius
- 22:55 – 00:39 next day Capricorn
- 00:39 – 02:10 next day Aquarius
- 02:10 – 03:39 next day Pisces
- 03:39 – 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