Varanasi panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 21:22 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:15- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:15
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:15 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:00
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 14:43
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:15
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:46 – 00:08 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:08 – 05:45 next day
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. 04:14 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:15 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:47 Aquarius
- 04:47 – 06:16 Pisces
- 06:16 – 07:54 Aries
- 07:54 – 09:51 Taurus
- 09:51 – 12:05 Gemini
- 12:05 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 18:50 Virgo
- 18:50 – 21:06 Libra
- 21:06 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:28 next day Sagittarius
- 01:28 – 03:13 next day Capricorn
- 03:13 – 04:44 next day Aquarius
- 04:44 – 05:45 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