Bhopal · Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal Panchang April 2026
Sunrise, sunset and the five sunrise-derived windows for all 30 days, computed for 23.2599°N 77.4126°E.
In April 2026 the sun rises in Bhopal as early as 05:47 on Thursday 30 April and as late as 06:12 on Wednesday 1 April and Thursday 2 April — a spread of 25 minutes across the month. Sunset moves from 18:35 on Wednesday 1 April to 18:47 on Wednesday 29 April. The longest daylight is 13h 00m on Thursday 30 April and the shortest 12h 23m on Wednesday 1 April.
That matters more than it sounds, because Rahu Kaal, Gulika and Yamaghanta are each one eighth of the interval from sunrise to sunset rather than fixed clock spans — so in Bhopal in April 2026 an eighth runs from 93 minutes to 98 minutes, and a table quoting a flat ninety minutes is wrong here by up to 8 minutes. Rahu Kaal on 1 April, a Wednesday, is 12:24-13:56 — the 5th of those eight parts, which is the one a Wednesday always takes.
Because the weekday chooses the part, Rahu Kaal’s position on the clock swings much further than sunrise does. Across April 2026 in Bhopal it begins as early as 07:27 on 27 April, a Monday, and as late as 17:08 on 26 April, a Sunday — 9h 41m apart, against a sunrise spread of only 25 minutes. There is no single “Rahu Kaal time” to memorise, here or anywhere.
Bhopal sits 0.20° east of New Delhi, which on longitude alone would put its sunrise 1 minute earlier. Measured against the national table it actually runs from 1 minute later to 6 minutes later across April 2026. It is a range rather than a constant because latitude bends the figure with the season while longitude only shifts it, and here that bend is worth 5 minutes across the month. On the worst day in the table below the national panchang’s Rahu Kaal begins 6 minutes from Bhopal’s. A national table would get Bhopal’s tithi right and every one of its times wrong.
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are the same everywhere in India and are read at sunrise from the same DE421 table the rest of the site uses — listed here for completeness, not because they differ by city: across these 30 sunrises the nakshatra takes 26 of its 27 values and the tithi 29 of its 30. In April 2026 Purnima falls on 2 April; Amavasya on 17 April; the two Ekadashis on 13 April and 27 April.
April 2026 day by day in Bhopal
All times IST. Abhijit is given for every day, including this month’s 5 Wednesdays — 1 April, 8 April, 15 April, 22 April, 29 April — because the rule that sets it aside on a Wednesday is followed in some traditions and not others. The window is arithmetic; whether to use it that day is not.
| Date | Tithi | Nakshatra | Sunrise | Sunset | Rahu Kaal | Gulika | Abhijit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Wed | Shukla Chaturdashi | Uttara Phalguni | 06:12 | 18:35 | 12:24-13:56 | 10:51-12:24 | 11:59-12:48 |
| 2nd Thu | Purnima | Hasta | 06:12 | 18:36 | 13:57-15:30 | 09:18-10:51 | 11:59-12:49 |
| 3rd Fri | Krishna Pratipada | Chitra | 06:11 | 18:36 | 10:50-12:24 | 07:44-09:17 | 11:59-12:48 |
| 4th Sat | Krishna Dwitiya | Swati | 06:10 | 18:36 | 09:17-10:50 | 06:10-07:43 | 11:58-12:48 |
| 5th Sun | Krishna Tritiya | Vishakha | 06:09 | 18:37 | 17:04-18:37 | 15:30-17:04 | 11:58-12:48 |
| 6th Mon | Krishna Chaturthi | Anuradha | 06:08 | 18:37 | 07:42-09:15 | 13:56-15:30 | 11:58-12:47 |
| 7th Tue | Krishna Panchami | Jyeshtha | 06:07 | 18:38 | 15:30-17:04 | 12:23-13:56 | 11:57-12:48 |
| 8th Wed | Krishna Shashthi | Moola | 06:06 | 18:38 | 12:22-13:56 | 10:48-12:22 | 11:57-12:47 |
| 9th Thu | Krishna Saptami | Moola | 06:05 | 18:38 | 13:56-15:30 | 09:13-10:47 | 11:56-12:47 |
| 10th Fri | Krishna Ashtami | Purva Ashadha | 06:04 | 18:39 | 10:47-12:22 | 07:38-09:13 | 11:56-12:47 |
| 11th Sat | Krishna Navami | Uttara Ashadha | 06:03 | 18:39 | 09:12-10:47 | 06:03-07:38 | 11:56-12:46 |
| 12th Sun | Krishna Dashami | Shravana | 06:02 | 18:40 | 17:05-18:40 | 15:31-17:05 | 11:56-12:46 |
| 13th Mon | Krishna Ekadashi | Dhanishta | 06:01 | 18:40 | 07:36-09:11 | 13:55-15:30 | 11:55-12:46 |
| 14th Tue | Krishna Dwadashi | Shatabhisha | 06:00 | 18:40 | 15:30-17:05 | 12:20-13:55 | 11:55-12:45 |
| 15th Wed | Krishna Trayodashi | Purva Bhadrapada | 05:59 | 18:41 | 12:20-13:55 | 10:45-12:20 | 11:55-12:45 |
| 16th Thu | Krishna Chaturdashi | Uttara Bhadrapada | 05:59 | 18:41 | 13:55-15:31 | 09:10-10:45 | 11:55-12:45 |
| 17th Fri | Amavasya | Revati | 05:58 | 18:42 | 10:45-12:20 | 07:34-09:09 | 11:55-12:45 |
| 18th Sat | Shukla Pratipada | Ashwini | 05:57 | 18:42 | 09:08-10:44 | 05:57-07:33 | 11:54-12:45 |
| 19th Sun | Shukla Dwitiya | Bharani | 05:56 | 18:42 | 17:06-18:42 | 15:31-17:06 | 11:53-12:45 |
| 20th Mon | Shukla Tritiya | Rohini | 05:55 | 18:43 | 07:31-09:07 | 13:55-15:31 | 11:53-12:45 |
| 21st Tue | Shukla Panchami | Mrigashira | 05:54 | 18:43 | 15:31-17:07 | 12:19-13:55 | 11:53-12:44 |
| 22nd Wed | Shukla Shashthi | Ardra | 05:54 | 18:44 | 12:19-13:55 | 10:43-12:19 | 11:53-12:45 |
| 23rd Thu | Shukla Saptami | Punarvasu | 05:53 | 18:44 | 13:55-15:31 | 09:06-10:42 | 11:53-12:44 |
| 24th Fri | Shukla Ashtami | Pushya | 05:52 | 18:44 | 10:42-12:18 | 07:29-09:05 | 11:52-12:44 |
| 25th Sat | Shukla Navami | Ashlesha | 05:51 | 18:45 | 09:05-10:41 | 05:51-07:28 | 11:52-12:44 |
| 26th Sun | Shukla Dashami | Magha | 05:50 | 18:45 | 17:08-18:45 | 15:31-17:08 | 11:52-12:43 |
| 27th Mon | Shukla Ekadashi | Purva Phalguni | 05:50 | 18:46 | 07:27-09:04 | 13:55-15:32 | 11:52-12:44 |
| 28th Tue | Shukla Dwadashi | Uttara Phalguni | 05:49 | 18:46 | 15:32-17:09 | 12:18-13:55 | 11:52-12:43 |
| 29th Wed | Shukla Trayodashi | Hasta | 05:48 | 18:47 | 12:18-13:55 | 10:40-12:18 | 11:52-12:43 |
| 30th Thu | Shukla Chaturdashi | Chitra | 05:47 | 18:47 | 13:55-15:32 | 09:02-10:40 | 11:51-12:43 |
How to read these windows
- Rahu Kaal is one of the eight equal parts of the daylight interval, chosen by weekday, and nothing new is begun inside it. In Bhopal in April 2026 it lasts 93 minutes to 98 minutes, which over 30 days comes to 47h 36m of this city’s daylight.
- Gulika and Yamaghanta are two other eighths of the same interval, also fixed by weekday: on a Wednesday they fall in its 4th and 2nd parts. Gulika is listed in the table above; Yamaghanta on 1 April is 07:45-09:18.
- Abhijit muhurat is the eighth of fifteen equal parts of daylight, the one straddling local solar noon — so it too shifts with Bhopal’s longitude, and being a fifteenth rather than an eighth it runs 50 minutes to 52 minutes here in April 2026 — a little over half the length of Rahu Kaal on the same day. Some traditions set it aside on a Wednesday, of which this month has five; the table above computes it on all of them and leaves the observance to you.
- Brahma muhurat is the ninety-six minutes ending at sunrise, so unlike the eighths it is the same length all year and moves only as sunrise does. On Wednesday 1 April in Bhopal that is 04:36-06:12, and on Thursday 30 April — the month’s earliest sunrise — 04:11-05:47.
- The five limbs — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the weekday — are read at sunrise, which is why a local sunrise matters even for quantities that do not themselves vary by place.
April 2026 in other cities
A muhurat needs your chart, not only your city
These windows are correct for Bhopal to the minute. Which of April 2026’s suits a particular purpose in Bhopal depends on your birth chart, and that is a conversation.
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