Varanasi panchang, 7 April 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 23:12 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:42
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:15 to 05:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:35
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:16
- Karana Taitila until 16:35, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
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. 04:12 – 04:58
- 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
| Rog | 05:44 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Char | 08:52 – 10:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:26 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:15 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:40 Aquarius
- 04:40 – 06:08 Pisces
- 06:08 – 07:46 Aries
- 07:46 – 09:43 Taurus
- 09:43 – 11:57 Gemini
- 11:57 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:29 Leo
- 16:29 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 20:58 Libra
- 20:58 – 23:15 Scorpio
- 23:15 – 01:20 next day Sagittarius
- 01:20 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 04:36 next day Aquarius
- 04:36 – 05:43 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