Varanasi panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 18:36 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:49 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:44
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:13 to 05:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:41
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:19
- Karana Bava until 07:41, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:19 – 17:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:44
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. 04:16 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:49 – 07:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:49 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:55 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:21 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:59 Aquarius
- 04:59 – 06:28 Pisces
- 06:28 – 08:06 Aries
- 08:06 – 10:03 Taurus
- 10:03 – 12:17 Gemini
- 12:17 – 14:35 Cancer
- 14:35 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 21:18 Libra
- 21:18 – 23:35 Scorpio
- 23:35 – 01:40 next day Sagittarius
- 01:40 – 03:25 next day Capricorn
- 03:25 – 04:55 next day Aquarius
- 04:55 – 05:48 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