Varanasi panchang, 29 May 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 17:08 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 18:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 17:00
- 09:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:41 to 05:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 04:35 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:51, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:54 – 16:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 17:00
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 18:41 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:38 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:09 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:08 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 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:22 Aries
- 04:22 – 06:19 Taurus
- 06:19 – 08:33 Gemini
- 08:33 – 10:51 Cancer
- 10:51 – 13:05 Leo
- 13:05 – 15:17 Virgo
- 15:17 – 17:34 Libra
- 17:34 – 19:51 Scorpio
- 19:51 – 21:56 Sagittarius
- 21:56 – 23:40 Capricorn
- 23:40 – 01:11 next day Aquarius
- 01:11 – 02:40 next day Pisces
- 02:40 – 04:18 next day Aries
- 04:18 – 05:08 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