Varanasi panchang, 30 April 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 17:24 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:23 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:50
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:26 to 05:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 21:13
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:16 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 20:55
- Karana Gara until 08:30, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Moon enters Libra
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:50
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 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 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 02:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:13 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:23 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:23 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
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:38 Pisces
- 04:38 – 06:16 Aries
- 06:16 – 08:13 Taurus
- 08:13 – 10:27 Gemini
- 10:27 – 12:45 Cancer
- 12:45 – 14:59 Leo
- 14:59 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:28 Libra
- 19:28 – 21:45 Scorpio
- 21:45 – 23:50 Sagittarius
- 23:50 – 01:34 next day Capricorn
- 01:34 – 03:05 next day Aquarius
- 03:05 – 04:34 next day Pisces
- 04:34 – 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