Varanasi panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 22:18 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:19 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:45
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:15 to 05:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:11
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:56 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:25
- Karana Balava until 14:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:25 – 16:16 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. 04:13 – 04:59
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:45 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:45 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:44 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:44 Aquarius
- 04:44 – 06:12 Pisces
- 06:12 – 07:50 Aries
- 07:50 – 09:47 Taurus
- 09:47 – 12:01 Gemini
- 12:01 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 21:02 Libra
- 21:02 – 23:19 Scorpio
- 23:19 – 01:24 next day Sagittarius
- 01:24 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:40 next day Aquarius
- 04:40 – 05:44 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