Varanasi panchang, 19 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 07:14 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:56
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:36 to 05:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:18
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:41 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:48
- Karana Gara until 14:18, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:56
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:48 – 19:48
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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:12 – 14:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:41 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Char | 08:33 – 10:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:56 | Good |
| Rog | 16:56 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:36 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:12 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
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:01 Aries
- 05:01 – 06:58 Taurus
- 06:58 – 09:12 Gemini
- 09:12 – 11:30 Cancer
- 11:30 – 13:44 Leo
- 13:44 – 15:57 Virgo
- 15:57 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:30 Scorpio
- 20:30 – 22:35 Sagittarius
- 22:35 – 00:20 next day Capricorn
- 00:20 – 01:51 next day Aquarius
- 01:51 – 03:19 next day Pisces
- 03:19 – 04:57 next day Aries
- 04:57 – 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