Varanasi panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 04:20 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:13 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 05:13 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:14
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:35 to 05:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:13 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:14
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 18:35 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:13 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:13 Aries
- 05:13 – 07:10 Taurus
- 07:10 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 11:42 Cancer
- 11:42 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 16:09 Virgo
- 16:09 – 18:25 Libra
- 18:25 – 20:42 Scorpio
- 20:42 – 22:47 Sagittarius
- 22:47 – 00:32 next day Capricorn
- 00:32 – 02:02 next day Aquarius
- 02:02 – 03:31 next day Pisces
- 03:31 – 05:09 next day Aries
- 05:09 – 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