Varanasi panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 16:30 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:33
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:26 to 05:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:16 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 20:51
- Karana Kaulava until 07:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:51 – 22:03
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. 03:56 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:26 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 00:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:16 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:24 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:42 Pisces
- 04:42 – 06:20 Aries
- 06:20 – 08:17 Taurus
- 08:17 – 10:31 Gemini
- 10:31 – 12:49 Cancer
- 12:49 – 15:02 Leo
- 15:02 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 19:32 Libra
- 19:32 – 21:49 Scorpio
- 21:49 – 23:54 Sagittarius
- 23:54 – 01:38 next day Capricorn
- 01:38 – 03:09 next day Aquarius
- 03:09 – 04:38 next day Pisces
- 04:38 – 05:23 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