Varanasi panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:16 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:34
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:16 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Gara until 05:48, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 05:42 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 04:36 Aquarius
- 04:36 – 06:04 Pisces
- 06:04 – 07:42 Aries
- 07:42 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 14:11 Cancer
- 14:11 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:38 Virgo
- 18:38 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:16 next day Sagittarius
- 01:16 – 03:01 next day Capricorn
- 03:01 – 04:32 next day Aquarius
- 04:32 – 05:42 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