Varanasi panchang, 25 April 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 12:47 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:27 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 05:27 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:11
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:10
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:24 to 05:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:04 Moon enters Leo
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:28
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 23:43
- Karana Balava until 06:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:04 Moon enters Leo
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:27 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 00:01 – 02:04 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. 03:59 – 04:43
- 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 18:24 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:27 – 05:27 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:27 – 18:28
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:27 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:04 – 08:42 | Good |
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:04 – 05:27 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
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:57 Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:35 Aries
- 06:35 – 08:33 Taurus
- 08:33 – 10:47 Gemini
- 10:47 – 13:04 Cancer
- 13:04 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:31 Virgo
- 17:31 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:09 next day Sagittarius
- 00:09 – 01:54 next day Capricorn
- 01:54 – 03:25 next day Aquarius
- 03:25 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 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