Varanasi panchang, 10 April 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 00:51 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:42
- 10:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:17 to 05:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:16 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:16
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 18:30
- Karana Balava until 10:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 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. 04:10 – 04:55
- 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 18:17 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:41 – 07:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:15 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 04:28 Aquarius
- 04:28 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 07:34 Aries
- 07:34 – 09:32 Taurus
- 09:32 – 11:46 Gemini
- 11:46 – 14:03 Cancer
- 14:03 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 18:30 Virgo
- 18:30 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 23:04 Scorpio
- 23:04 – 01:08 next day Sagittarius
- 01:08 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:40 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