Varanasi panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 02:49 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:13 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:46
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:18 to 05:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:46
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:09 – 03:12 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. 04:07 – 04:53
- 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
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:16 Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 07:23 Aries
- 07:23 – 09:20 Taurus
- 09:20 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 13:51 Cancer
- 13:51 – 16:05 Leo
- 16:05 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 20:35 Libra
- 20:35 – 22:52 Scorpio
- 22:52 – 00:56 next day Sagittarius
- 00:56 – 02:41 next day Capricorn
- 02:41 – 04:12 next day Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:37 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