Varanasi panchang, 27 April 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 14:42 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:03 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:49
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:25 to 05:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:16
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:35
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:35 – 01:11 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. 03:58 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:03 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:25 | Good |
| Char | 18:25 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:40 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:49 Pisces
- 04:49 – 06:28 Aries
- 06:28 – 08:25 Taurus
- 08:25 – 10:39 Gemini
- 10:39 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 15:10 Leo
- 15:10 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 21:57 Scorpio
- 21:57 – 00:01 next day Sagittarius
- 00:01 – 01:46 next day Capricorn
- 01:46 – 03:17 next day Aquarius
- 03:17 – 04:45 next day Pisces
- 04:45 – 05:25 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