Varanasi panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 08:25 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:46
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:22 to 05:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:46
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 – 04:46
- 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 18:22 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Char | 08:44 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:22 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:06 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:13 Pisces
- 05:13 – 06:51 Aries
- 06:51 – 08:48 Taurus
- 08:48 – 11:02 Gemini
- 11:02 – 13:20 Cancer
- 13:20 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 20:03 Libra
- 20:03 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:25 next day Sagittarius
- 00:25 – 02:10 next day Capricorn
- 02:10 – 03:41 next day Aquarius
- 03:41 – 05:09 next day Pisces
- 05:09 – 05:30 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