Varanasi panchang, 28 March 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 13:50 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:54 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:07
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:11 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:46
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:50 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:06
- Karana Gara until 08:46, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:13 – 07:46 next day
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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 14:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:54 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:27 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:19 Aquarius
- 05:19 – 06:47 Pisces
- 06:47 – 08:26 Aries
- 08:26 – 10:23 Taurus
- 10:23 – 12:37 Gemini
- 12:37 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 17:08 Leo
- 17:08 – 19:21 Virgo
- 19:21 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 01:59 next day Sagittarius
- 01:59 – 03:44 next day Capricorn
- 03:44 – 05:15 next day Aquarius
- 05:15 – 05:53 next day Pisces
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