Varanasi panchang, 14 April 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 03:23 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:43
- 12:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:19 to 05:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:12 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:06 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 15:39
- Karana Kaulava until 12:46, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:37 – 16:06
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:06 – 05:36 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 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:12 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Rog | 16:43 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:12 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:12 Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 07:19 Aries
- 07:19 – 09:16 Taurus
- 09:16 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 13:48 Cancer
- 13:48 – 16:01 Leo
- 16:01 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 22:48 Scorpio
- 22:48 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:36 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