Kanpur · Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur Panchang May 2026
Sunrise, sunset and the five sunrise-derived windows for all 31 days, computed for 26.4499°N 80.3319°E.
In May 2026 the sun rises in Kanpur as early as 05:16 on all 4 days from Thursday 28 May to Sunday 31 May and as late as 05:31 on Friday 1 May — a spread of 15 minutes across the month. Sunset moves from 18:40 on Friday 1 May to 18:56 on Saturday 30 May. The longest daylight is 13h 40m on Saturday 30 May and Sunday 31 May and the shortest 13h 09m on Friday 1 May.
That matters more than it sounds, because Rahu Kaal, Gulika and Yamaghanta are each one eighth of the interval from sunrise to sunset rather than fixed clock spans — so in Kanpur in May 2026 an eighth runs from 99 minutes to 103 minutes, and a table quoting a flat ninety minutes is wrong here by up to 13 minutes. Rahu Kaal on 1 May, a Friday, is 10:27-12:06 — the 4th of those eight parts, which is the one a Friday always takes.
Because the weekday chooses the part, Rahu Kaal’s position on the clock swings much further than sunrise does. Across May 2026 in Kanpur it begins as early as 06:59 on 25 May, a Monday, and as late as 17:14 on 31 May, a Sunday — 10h 15m apart, against a sunrise spread of only 15 minutes. There is no single “Rahu Kaal time” to memorise, here or anywhere.
Kanpur sits 3.12° east of New Delhi, which on longitude alone would put its sunrise 12 minutes earlier. Measured against the national table it actually runs from 10 minutes earlier to 7 minutes earlier across May 2026. It is a range rather than a constant because latitude bends the figure with the season while longitude only shifts it, and here that bend is worth 3 minutes across the month. The windows drift further than sunrise itself does: on the worst day in the table below the national panchang’s Rahu Kaal begins 17 minutes from Kanpur’s, because the same numbered eighth is being taken from a longer or shorter day. A national table would get Kanpur’s tithi right and every one of its times wrong.
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are the same everywhere in India and are read at sunrise from the same DE421 table the rest of the site uses — listed here for completeness, not because they differ by city: across these 31 sunrises the nakshatra takes 26 of its 27 values and the tithi 28 of its 30. In May 2026 Purnima falls on 1 May; Amavasya on 16 May; the three Ekadashis on 13 May and 26 May and 27 May.
May 2026 day by day in Kanpur
All times IST. Abhijit is given for every day, including this month’s 4 Wednesdays — 6 May, 13 May, 20 May, 27 May — because the rule that sets it aside on a Wednesday is followed in some traditions and not others. The window is arithmetic; whether to use it that day is not.
| Date | Tithi | Nakshatra | Sunrise | Sunset | Rahu Kaal | Gulika | Abhijit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Fri | Purnima | Swati | 05:31 | 18:40 | 10:27-12:06 | 07:10-08:48 | 11:39-12:32 |
| 2nd Sat | Krishna Pratipada | Vishakha | 05:30 | 18:41 | 08:48-10:27 | 05:30-07:09 | 11:39-12:32 |
| 3rd Sun | Krishna Dwitiya | Vishakha | 05:29 | 18:41 | 17:02-18:41 | 15:23-17:02 | 11:39-12:31 |
| 4th Mon | Krishna Tritiya | Anuradha | 05:28 | 18:42 | 07:07-08:47 | 13:44-15:24 | 11:39-12:31 |
| 5th Tue | Krishna Chaturthi | Jyeshtha | 05:28 | 18:42 | 15:24-17:03 | 12:05-13:44 | 11:39-12:31 |
| 6th Wed | Krishna Chaturthi | Moola | 05:27 | 18:43 | 12:05-13:45 | 10:26-12:05 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 7th Thu | Krishna Panchami | Purva Ashadha | 05:26 | 18:43 | 13:44-15:24 | 08:45-10:25 | 11:38-12:31 |
| 8th Fri | Krishna Shashthi | Uttara Ashadha | 05:26 | 18:44 | 10:25-12:05 | 07:06-08:46 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 9th Sat | Krishna Saptami | Shravana | 05:25 | 18:45 | 08:45-10:25 | 05:25-07:05 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 10th Sun | Krishna Ashtami | Dhanishta | 05:24 | 18:45 | 17:05-18:45 | 15:25-17:05 | 11:38-12:31 |
| 11th Mon | Krishna Navami | Shatabhisha | 05:24 | 18:46 | 07:04-08:45 | 13:45-15:26 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 12th Tue | Krishna Dashami | Purva Bhadrapada | 05:23 | 18:46 | 15:25-17:06 | 12:05-13:45 | 11:38-12:31 |
| 13th Wed | Krishna Ekadashi | Uttara Bhadrapada | 05:23 | 18:47 | 12:05-13:46 | 10:25-12:05 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 14th Thu | Krishna Dwadashi | Revati | 05:22 | 18:47 | 13:45-15:26 | 08:43-10:24 | 11:38-12:31 |
| 15th Fri | Krishna Trayodashi | Ashwini | 05:21 | 18:48 | 10:24-12:05 | 07:02-08:43 | 11:38-12:31 |
| 16th Sat | Amavasya | Bharani | 05:21 | 18:48 | 08:43-10:24 | 05:21-07:02 | 11:38-12:31 |
| 17th Sun | Shukla Pratipada | Krittika | 05:20 | 18:49 | 17:08-18:49 | 15:27-17:08 | 11:38-12:31 |
| 18th Mon | Shukla Dwitiya | Rohini | 05:20 | 18:50 | 07:01-08:43 | 13:46-15:28 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 19th Tue | Shukla Tritiya | Mrigashira | 05:20 | 18:50 | 15:28-17:09 | 12:05-13:46 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 20th Wed | Shukla Chaturthi | Ardra | 05:19 | 18:51 | 12:05-13:47 | 10:24-12:05 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 21st Thu | Shukla Panchami | Pushya | 05:19 | 18:51 | 13:47-15:28 | 08:42-10:24 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 22nd Fri | Shukla Shashthi | Ashlesha | 05:18 | 18:52 | 10:23-12:05 | 07:00-08:42 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 23rd Sat | Shukla Ashtami | Magha | 05:18 | 18:52 | 08:42-10:23 | 05:18-07:00 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 24th Sun | Shukla Navami | Purva Phalguni | 05:18 | 18:53 | 17:11-18:53 | 15:29-17:11 | 11:38-12:33 |
| 25th Mon | Shukla Dashami | Uttara Phalguni | 05:17 | 18:53 | 06:59-08:41 | 13:47-15:29 | 11:38-12:32 |
| 26th Tue | Shukla Ekadashi | Hasta | 05:17 | 18:54 | 15:30-17:12 | 12:06-13:48 | 11:38-12:33 |
| 27th Wed | Shukla Ekadashi | Hasta | 05:17 | 18:54 | 12:06-13:48 | 10:23-12:06 | 11:38-12:33 |
| 28th Thu | Shukla Dwadashi | Chitra | 05:16 | 18:55 | 13:48-15:30 | 08:41-10:23 | 11:38-12:33 |
| 29th Fri | Shukla Trayodashi | Swati | 05:16 | 18:55 | 10:23-12:06 | 06:58-08:41 | 11:38-12:33 |
| 30th Sat | Shukla Chaturdashi | Vishakha | 05:16 | 18:56 | 08:41-10:24 | 05:16-06:59 | 11:39-12:33 |
| 31st Sun | Purnima | Anuradha | 05:16 | 18:56 | 17:14-18:56 | 15:31-17:14 | 11:39-12:33 |
How to read these windows
- Rahu Kaal is one of the eight equal parts of the daylight interval, chosen by weekday, and nothing new is begun inside it. In Kanpur in May 2026 it lasts 99 minutes to 103 minutes, which over 31 days comes to 52h 06m of this city’s daylight.
- Gulika and Yamaghanta are two other eighths of the same interval, also fixed by weekday: on a Friday they fall in its 2nd and 7th parts. Gulika is listed in the table above; Yamaghanta on 1 May is 15:23-17:01.
- Abhijit muhurat is the eighth of fifteen equal parts of daylight, the one straddling local solar noon — so it too shifts with Kanpur’s longitude, and being a fifteenth rather than an eighth it runs 53 minutes to 55 minutes here in May 2026 — a little over half the length of Rahu Kaal on the same day. Some traditions set it aside on a Wednesday, of which this month has four; the table above computes it on all of them and leaves the observance to you.
- Brahma muhurat is the ninety-six minutes ending at sunrise, so unlike the eighths it is the same length all year and moves only as sunrise does. On Friday 1 May in Kanpur that is 03:55-05:31, and on all 4 days from Thursday 28 May to Sunday 31 May — the month’s earliest sunrise — 03:40-05:16.
- The five limbs — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the weekday — are read at sunrise, which is why a local sunrise matters even for quantities that do not themselves vary by place.
May 2026 in other cities
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These windows are correct for Kanpur to the minute. Which of May 2026’s suits a particular purpose in Kanpur depends on your birth chart, and that is a conversation.
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