Varanasi panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 05:46 Vaishakha 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 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:34 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 05:34 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:09
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:21 to 05:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:34 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
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) 11:31 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:09 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:45 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:45 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:25 Pisces
- 05:25 – 07:03 Aries
- 07:03 – 09:00 Taurus
- 09:00 – 11:14 Gemini
- 11:14 – 13:32 Cancer
- 13:32 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:15 Libra
- 20:15 – 22:32 Scorpio
- 22:32 – 00:37 next day Sagittarius
- 00:37 – 02:22 next day Capricorn
- 02:22 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 05:21 next day Pisces
- 05:21 – 05:33 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