Varanasi panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 05:06 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:44
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:20 to 05:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:44
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. 04:04 – 04:49
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:34 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:34 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:34 – 07:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:09 – 05:34 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
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:29 Pisces
- 05:29 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 09:04 Taurus
- 09:04 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 15:50 Leo
- 15:50 – 18:03 Virgo
- 18:03 – 20:19 Libra
- 20:19 – 22:36 Scorpio
- 22:36 – 00:41 next day Sagittarius
- 00:41 – 02:26 next day Capricorn
- 02:26 – 03:56 next day Aquarius
- 03:56 – 05:25 next day Pisces
- 05:25 – 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