Varanasi panchang, 28 February 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 14:54 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:04
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:58 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:43
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:02
- Karana Bava until 09:36, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:04
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. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:50 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:38 Capricorn
- 05:38 – 07:09 Aquarius
- 07:09 – 08:37 Pisces
- 08:37 – 10:16 Aries
- 10:16 – 12:13 Taurus
- 12:13 – 14:27 Gemini
- 14:27 – 16:44 Cancer
- 16:44 – 18:58 Leo
- 18:58 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:45 next day Scorpio
- 01:45 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:34 next day Capricorn
- 05:34 – 06:22 next day Aquarius
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