Varanasi panchang, 19 April 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 06:32 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:45 – 18:21
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:31 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:21 to 05:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 10:49
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:02
- Karana Kaulava until 10:49, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:31 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:21
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:33 – 07:10
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. 04:03 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:35 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:09 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:32 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
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:21 Pisces
- 05:21 – 06:59 Aries
- 06:59 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:10 Gemini
- 11:10 – 13:28 Cancer
- 13:28 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 17:55 Virgo
- 17:55 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:28 Scorpio
- 22:28 – 00:33 next day Sagittarius
- 00:33 – 02:18 next day Capricorn
- 02:18 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 05:17 next day Pisces
- 05:17 – 05:32 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