Varanasi panchang, 4 April 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 20:26 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:47 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:07
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:14 to 05:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:09
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 14:17
- Karana Gara until 10:09, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:47 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:17 – 15:29
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. 04:15 – 05:01
- 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 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:47 – 21:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:47 – 21:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:47 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:51 Aquarius
- 04:51 – 06:20 Pisces
- 06:20 – 07:58 Aries
- 07:58 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 14:27 Cancer
- 14:27 – 16:41 Leo
- 16:41 – 18:54 Virgo
- 18:54 – 21:10 Libra
- 21:10 – 23:27 Scorpio
- 23:27 – 01:32 next day Sagittarius
- 01:32 – 03:17 next day Capricorn
- 03:17 – 04:47 next day Aquarius
- 04:47 – 05:46 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