Varanasi panchang, 26 May 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 14:26 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
05:09 to 18:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:17 – 16:58
- 05:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:40 to 05:09 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:11
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:56 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:10 next day
- Karana Gara until 05:11, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:10 – 03:25 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. 03:45 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:09 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Char | 08:32 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:17 – 16:58 | Good |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:40 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:17 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:09 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
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:34 Aries
- 04:34 – 06:31 Taurus
- 06:31 – 08:45 Gemini
- 08:45 – 11:02 Cancer
- 11:02 – 13:16 Leo
- 13:16 – 15:29 Virgo
- 15:29 – 17:46 Libra
- 17:46 – 20:03 Scorpio
- 20:03 – 22:07 Sagittarius
- 22:07 – 23:52 Capricorn
- 23:52 – 01:23 next day Aquarius
- 01:23 – 02:51 next day Pisces
- 02:51 – 04:30 next day Aries
- 04:30 – 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