Varanasi panchang, 28 May 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 16:13 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:09 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:58
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:41 to 05:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:57
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 03:54 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:54 – 16:15 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. 03:45 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:59 – 18:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:41 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:59 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:09 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
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:26 Aries
- 04:26 – 06:23 Taurus
- 06:23 – 08:37 Gemini
- 08:37 – 10:55 Cancer
- 10:55 – 13:08 Leo
- 13:08 – 15:21 Virgo
- 15:21 – 17:38 Libra
- 17:38 – 19:55 Scorpio
- 19:55 – 21:59 Sagittarius
- 21:59 – 23:44 Capricorn
- 23:44 – 01:15 next day Aquarius
- 01:15 – 02:44 next day Pisces
- 02:44 – 04:22 next day Aries
- 04:22 – 05:09 next day Taurus
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