Varanasi panchang, 27 May 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 15:19 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:36
- 05:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:40 to 05:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Moon enters Libra
- 19:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:22, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:00 Moon enters Libra
- 19:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:36
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 05:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:09 – 05:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 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 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:30 Aries
- 04:30 – 06:27 Taurus
- 06:27 – 08:41 Gemini
- 08:41 – 10:58 Cancer
- 10:58 – 13:12 Leo
- 13:12 – 15:25 Virgo
- 15:25 – 17:42 Libra
- 17:42 – 19:59 Scorpio
- 19:59 – 22:03 Sagittarius
- 22:03 – 23:48 Capricorn
- 23:48 – 01:19 next day Aquarius
- 01:19 – 02:47 next day Pisces
- 02:47 – 04:26 next day Aries
- 04:26 – 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