Varanasi panchang, 9 April 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 00:04 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:42 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:46
- 08:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:16 to 05:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:20
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:48 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 17:58
- Karana Vishti until 08:13, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:46
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 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:24
- 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 05:42 – 08:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:42 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:42 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:16 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 04:32 Aquarius
- 04:32 – 06:00 Pisces
- 06:00 – 07:38 Aries
- 07:38 – 09:36 Taurus
- 09:36 – 11:49 Gemini
- 11:49 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:21 Leo
- 16:21 – 18:34 Virgo
- 18:34 – 20:50 Libra
- 20:50 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:28 next day Aquarius
- 04:28 – 05:41 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