Varanasi panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 03:56 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:33
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:19 to 05:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 13:25
- Karana Gara until 11:27, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26 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. 04:06 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 04:08 Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:37 Pisces
- 05:37 – 07:15 Aries
- 07:15 – 09:12 Taurus
- 09:12 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:44 Cancer
- 13:44 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 04:04 next day Aquarius
- 04:04 – 05:33 next day Pisces
- 05:33 – 05:35 next day Aries
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