Varanasi panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 09:33 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
05:11 to 18:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:11 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:56
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:11 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:11 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:11 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:37 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:11 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
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:53 Aries
- 04:53 – 06:50 Taurus
- 06:50 – 09:04 Gemini
- 09:04 – 11:22 Cancer
- 11:22 – 13:36 Leo
- 13:36 – 15:49 Virgo
- 15:49 – 18:05 Libra
- 18:05 – 20:22 Scorpio
- 20:22 – 22:27 Sagittarius
- 22:27 – 00:12 next day Capricorn
- 00:12 – 01:43 next day Aquarius
- 01:43 – 03:11 next day Pisces
- 03:11 – 04:49 next day Aries
- 04:49 – 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