Varanasi panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 08:24 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 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:35
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:37 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:12 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:11 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 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:57 Aries
- 04:57 – 06:54 Taurus
- 06:54 – 09:08 Gemini
- 09:08 – 11:26 Cancer
- 11:26 – 13:40 Leo
- 13:40 – 15:53 Virgo
- 15:53 – 18:09 Libra
- 18:09 – 20:26 Scorpio
- 20:26 – 22:31 Sagittarius
- 22:31 – 00:16 next day Capricorn
- 00:16 – 01:47 next day Aquarius
- 01:47 – 03:15 next day Pisces
- 03:15 – 04:53 next day Aries
- 04:53 – 05:11 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