Varanasi panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 05:10 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:35
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:35 to 05:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:41
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:15 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:35
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 – 04:30
- 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 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:53 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:35 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 05:12 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 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:09 Aries
- 05:09 – 07:06 Taurus
- 07:06 – 09:20 Gemini
- 09:20 – 11:38 Cancer
- 11:38 – 13:52 Leo
- 13:52 – 16:05 Virgo
- 16:05 – 18:21 Libra
- 18:21 – 20:38 Scorpio
- 20:38 – 22:43 Sagittarius
- 22:43 – 00:28 next day Capricorn
- 00:28 – 01:58 next day Aquarius
- 01:58 – 03:27 next day Pisces
- 03:27 – 05:05 next day Aries
- 05:05 – 05:12 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