Varanasi panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 04:30 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:35 – 07:11
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:47
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:20 to 05:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:47
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. 04:05 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:20 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 05:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:11 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:33 Pisces
- 05:33 – 07:11 Aries
- 07:11 – 09:08 Taurus
- 09:08 – 11:22 Gemini
- 11:22 – 13:40 Cancer
- 13:40 – 15:54 Leo
- 15:54 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:23 Libra
- 20:23 – 22:40 Scorpio
- 22:40 – 00:45 next day Sagittarius
- 00:45 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:29 next day Pisces
- 05:29 – 05:34 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