Varanasi panchang, 11 April 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 01:34 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:40 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 05:40 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:08
- 12:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:17 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 13:40 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 18:39
- Karana Taitila until 12:01, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:39 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:40 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
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. 04:09 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:40 – 00:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:40 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:24 Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:52 Pisces
- 05:52 – 07:31 Aries
- 07:31 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:42 Gemini
- 11:42 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 20:43 Libra
- 20:43 – 23:00 Scorpio
- 23:00 – 01:04 next day Sagittarius
- 01:04 – 02:49 next day Capricorn
- 02:49 – 04:20 next day Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:39 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