Varanasi panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 15:36 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:25- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:48
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:25 to 05:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:04
- Karana Bava until 06:31, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:48
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. 03:57 – 04:41
- 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 18:25 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:52 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:25 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:02 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Char | 08:40 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:25 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:39 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:45 Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:24 Aries
- 06:24 – 08:21 Taurus
- 08:21 – 10:35 Gemini
- 10:35 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 17:19 Virgo
- 17:19 – 19:36 Libra
- 19:36 – 21:53 Scorpio
- 21:53 – 23:57 Sagittarius
- 23:57 – 01:42 next day Capricorn
- 01:42 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 04:42 next day Pisces
- 04:42 – 05:24 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