Varanasi panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 09:31 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:07 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:22 to 05:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:08
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
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. 04:01 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 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 05:30 – 22:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:50 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:06 – 05:29 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
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:09 Pisces
- 05:09 – 06:47 Aries
- 06:47 – 08:44 Taurus
- 08:44 – 10:58 Gemini
- 10:58 – 13:16 Cancer
- 13:16 – 15:30 Leo
- 15:30 – 17:43 Virgo
- 17:43 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:16 Scorpio
- 22:16 – 00:21 next day Sagittarius
- 00:21 – 02:06 next day Capricorn
- 02:06 – 03:37 next day Aquarius
- 03:37 – 05:05 next day Pisces
- 05:05 – 05:29 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