Varanasi panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 12:48 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:32
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:38 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:36
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:54
- Karana Gara until 16:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:32
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. 04:58 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 09:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:43 – 09:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 06:43 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:27 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:55 Sagittarius
- 05:55 – 07:40 Capricorn
- 07:40 – 09:11 Aquarius
- 09:11 – 10:39 Pisces
- 10:39 – 12:18 Aries
- 12:18 – 14:15 Taurus
- 14:15 – 16:29 Gemini
- 16:29 – 18:46 Cancer
- 18:46 – 21:00 Leo
- 21:00 – 23:13 Virgo
- 23:13 – 01:30 next day Libra
- 01:30 – 03:47 next day Scorpio
- 03:47 – 05:51 next day Sagittarius
- 05:51 – 06:43 next day Capricorn
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