Varanasi panchang, 24 May 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 12:37 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 18:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:58 – 18:39
- 16:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:39 to 05:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 03:44 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:24, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 16:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:44 – 04:56 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 – 04:28
- 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 18:39 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:10 – 05:10 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:51 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:39 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:41 Aries
- 04:41 – 06:39 Taurus
- 06:39 – 08:53 Gemini
- 08:53 – 11:10 Cancer
- 11:10 – 13:24 Leo
- 13:24 – 15:37 Virgo
- 15:37 – 17:54 Libra
- 17:54 – 20:11 Scorpio
- 20:11 – 22:15 Sagittarius
- 22:15 – 00:00 next day Capricorn
- 00:00 – 01:31 next day Aquarius
- 01:31 – 02:59 next day Pisces
- 02:59 – 04:38 next day Aries
- 04:38 – 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