Varanasi panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 02:13 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:18
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:18 to 05:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:17 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:15
- Karana Vanija until 13:03, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:18
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. 04:08 – 04:54
- 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 18:18 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:14 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:20 Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 07:27 Aries
- 07:27 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 18:22 Virgo
- 18:22 – 20:39 Libra
- 20:39 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 02:45 next day Capricorn
- 02:45 – 04:16 next day Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:38 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