Varanasi panchang, 26 April 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 13:45 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:24
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:24 to 05:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 18:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:27
- Karana Taitila until 06:14, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:24
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. 03:58 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:27 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:04 – 08:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:24 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:03 – 05:26 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 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:53 Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:32 Aries
- 06:32 – 08:29 Taurus
- 08:29 – 10:43 Gemini
- 10:43 – 13:00 Cancer
- 13:00 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:27 Virgo
- 17:27 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 22:01 Scorpio
- 22:01 – 00:05 next day Sagittarius
- 00:05 – 01:50 next day Capricorn
- 01:50 – 03:21 next day Aquarius
- 03:21 – 04:49 next day Pisces
- 04:49 – 05:26 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