Varanasi panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 19:31 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:41
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:14 to 05:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:42
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 14:08
- Karana Kaulava until 08:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:41
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 – 05:02
- 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 18:14 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:48 – 08:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:48 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:40 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:55 Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:24 Pisces
- 06:24 – 08:02 Aries
- 08:02 – 09:59 Taurus
- 09:59 – 12:13 Gemini
- 12:13 – 14:31 Cancer
- 14:31 – 16:45 Leo
- 16:45 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:14 Libra
- 21:14 – 23:31 Scorpio
- 23:31 – 01:36 next day Sagittarius
- 01:36 – 03:21 next day Capricorn
- 03:21 – 04:51 next day Aquarius
- 04:51 – 05:47 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