Varanasi panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 06:08 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
05:12 to 18:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:53 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:55
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:36 to 05:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:55
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. 03:47 – 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 18:36 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:12 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:05 Aries
- 05:05 – 07:02 Taurus
- 07:02 – 09:16 Gemini
- 09:16 – 11:34 Cancer
- 11:34 – 13:48 Leo
- 13:48 – 16:01 Virgo
- 16:01 – 18:17 Libra
- 18:17 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:39 Sagittarius
- 22:39 – 00:24 next day Capricorn
- 00:24 – 01:54 next day Aquarius
- 01:54 – 03:23 next day Pisces
- 03:23 – 05:01 next day Aries
- 05:01 – 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