Varanasi panchang, 15 May 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 03:37 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:54 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:54
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:34 to 05:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:31
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:21
- Karana Vanija until 08:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:54
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. 03:48 – 04:31
- 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 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:14 – 06:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:34 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:34 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:17 Aries
- 05:17 – 07:14 Taurus
- 07:14 – 09:28 Gemini
- 09:28 – 11:46 Cancer
- 11:46 – 14:00 Leo
- 14:00 – 16:12 Virgo
- 16:12 – 18:29 Libra
- 18:29 – 20:46 Scorpio
- 20:46 – 22:51 Sagittarius
- 22:51 – 00:35 next day Capricorn
- 00:35 – 02:06 next day Aquarius
- 02:06 – 03:35 next day Pisces
- 03:35 – 05:13 next day Aries
- 05:13 – 05:13 next day Taurus
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