Varanasi panchang, 25 May 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 13:32 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:57
- 09:07 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:47 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:39 to 05:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:15 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:11 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 04:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 03:15 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:47, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:07 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:15 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:57
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) 11:28 – 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 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:58 – 18:39 | Good |
| Char | 18:39 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:38 Aries
- 04:38 – 06:35 Taurus
- 06:35 – 08:49 Gemini
- 08:49 – 11:06 Cancer
- 11:06 – 13:20 Leo
- 13:20 – 15:33 Virgo
- 15:33 – 17:50 Libra
- 17:50 – 20:07 Scorpio
- 20:07 – 22:11 Sagittarius
- 22:11 – 23:56 Capricorn
- 23:56 – 01:27 next day Aquarius
- 01:27 – 02:55 next day Pisces
- 02:55 – 04:34 next day Aries
- 04:34 – 05:09 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