Varanasi panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 11:40 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
05:10 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:10 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:10 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:16
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:40 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:38 to 05:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:27 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:09 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:13
- Karana Vishti until 16:40, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 16:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:10 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:13 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:16
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 – 04:28
- 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 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:09 – 05:10 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:27 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:10 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:45 Aries
- 04:45 – 06:43 Taurus
- 06:43 – 08:56 Gemini
- 08:56 – 11:14 Cancer
- 11:14 – 13:28 Leo
- 13:28 – 15:41 Virgo
- 15:41 – 17:57 Libra
- 17:57 – 20:14 Scorpio
- 20:14 – 22:19 Sagittarius
- 22:19 – 00:04 next day Capricorn
- 00:04 – 01:35 next day Aquarius
- 01:35 – 03:03 next day Pisces
- 03:03 – 04:41 next day Aries
- 04:41 – 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