Varanasi panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 10:38 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:29 – 07:06
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:48
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:23 to 05:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:07
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:29 – 07:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:32 – 05:32 next day
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. 04:00 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:23 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:29 – 20:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:29 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:57 – 05:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:57 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:29 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:06 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:46 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:46 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:05 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 05:05 Pisces
- 05:05 – 06:43 Aries
- 06:43 – 08:41 Taurus
- 08:41 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 13:12 Cancer
- 13:12 – 15:26 Leo
- 15:26 – 17:39 Virgo
- 17:39 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 02:02 next day Capricorn
- 02:02 – 03:33 next day Aquarius
- 03:33 – 05:01 next day Pisces
- 05:01 – 05:28 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