Varanasi panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 10:38 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 18:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:57
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:38 to 05:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:19
- Karana Taitila until 06:25, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 16:40 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 02:08 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:08 – 05:10 next day
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. 03:46 – 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 18:38 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:11 – 06:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:11 – 06:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:38 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:10 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
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:49 Aries
- 04:49 – 06:47 Taurus
- 06:47 – 09:00 Gemini
- 09:00 – 11:18 Cancer
- 11:18 – 13:32 Leo
- 13:32 – 15:45 Virgo
- 15:45 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 20:18 Scorpio
- 20:18 – 22:23 Sagittarius
- 22:23 – 00:08 next day Capricorn
- 00:08 – 01:39 next day Aquarius
- 01:39 – 03:07 next day Pisces
- 03:07 – 04:45 next day Aries
- 04:45 – 05:10 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