Varanasi panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 11:44 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:46
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:23 to 05:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:22
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 01:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:01, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:46
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:24 – 03:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:28 – 20:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:14 – 05:27 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 – 04:44
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:14 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:28 – 07:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:04 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 05:01 Pisces
- 05:01 – 06:39 Aries
- 06:39 – 08:37 Taurus
- 08:37 – 10:50 Gemini
- 10:50 – 13:08 Cancer
- 13:08 – 15:22 Leo
- 15:22 – 17:35 Virgo
- 17:35 – 19:51 Libra
- 19:51 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 01:58 next day Capricorn
- 01:58 – 03:29 next day Aquarius
- 03:29 – 04:57 next day Pisces
- 04:57 – 05:27 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