Varanasi panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 07:25 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:08 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:48
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:21 to 05:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:48
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. 04:02 – 04:47
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 05:31 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:32 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:08 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:45 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:55 Aries
- 06:55 – 08:52 Taurus
- 08:52 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 13:24 Cancer
- 13:24 – 15:38 Leo
- 15:38 – 17:51 Virgo
- 17:51 – 20:07 Libra
- 20:07 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:14 next day Capricorn
- 02:14 – 03:45 next day Aquarius
- 03:45 – 05:13 next day Pisces
- 05:13 – 05:31 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