Varanasi panchang, 30 May 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 18:04 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
05:08 to 18:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:08 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 05:08 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:18
- 06:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:42 to 05:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:58
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 05:24 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:08 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:18
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 18:42 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 13:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:08 – 11:58
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:18 Aries
- 04:18 – 06:15 Taurus
- 06:15 – 08:29 Gemini
- 08:29 – 10:47 Cancer
- 10:47 – 13:01 Leo
- 13:01 – 15:13 Virgo
- 15:13 – 17:30 Libra
- 17:30 – 19:47 Scorpio
- 19:47 – 21:52 Sagittarius
- 21:52 – 23:37 Capricorn
- 23:37 – 01:07 next day Aquarius
- 01:07 – 02:36 next day Pisces
- 02:36 – 04:14 next day Aries
- 04:14 – 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