Varanasi panchang, 31 May 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 18:59 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:42
- 05:24 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:42 to 05:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:15
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 05:24
- Karana Bava until 14:15, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:24 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:42
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:08 – 16:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:12 – 05:08 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 18:42 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:50 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:42 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:14 Aries
- 04:14 – 06:11 Taurus
- 06:11 – 08:25 Gemini
- 08:25 – 10:43 Cancer
- 10:43 – 12:57 Leo
- 12:57 – 15:10 Virgo
- 15:10 – 17:26 Libra
- 17:26 – 19:43 Scorpio
- 19:43 – 21:48 Sagittarius
- 21:48 – 23:33 Capricorn
- 23:33 – 01:03 next day Aquarius
- 01:03 – 02:32 next day Pisces
- 02:32 – 04:10 next day Aries
- 04:10 – 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