Varanasi panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 17:42 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:34
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:13 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:50
- Karana Vanija until 07:06, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:34
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. 04:17 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:50 – 16:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:17 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:03 Aquarius
- 05:03 – 06:32 Pisces
- 06:32 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 10:07 Taurus
- 10:07 – 12:21 Gemini
- 12:21 – 14:39 Cancer
- 14:39 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 19:05 Virgo
- 19:05 – 21:22 Libra
- 21:22 – 23:39 Scorpio
- 23:39 – 01:44 next day Sagittarius
- 01:44 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 04:59 next day Aquarius
- 04:59 – 05:49 next day Pisces
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