Varanasi panchang, 28 July 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 18:07 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 17:04
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:44 to 05:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:19
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:33
- Karana Vanija until 18:19, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:11 – 05:24 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. 03:58 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 13:11
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:24 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:04 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Char | 08:44 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 17:04 | Good |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:44 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:04 – 21:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:44 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:04 – 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
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:37 Gemini
- 04:37 – 06:55 Cancer
- 06:55 – 09:09 Leo
- 09:09 – 11:21 Virgo
- 11:21 – 13:38 Libra
- 13:38 – 15:55 Scorpio
- 15:55 – 18:00 Sagittarius
- 18:00 – 19:45 Capricorn
- 19:45 – 21:15 Aquarius
- 21:15 – 22:44 Pisces
- 22:44 – 00:22 next day Aries
- 00:22 – 02:19 next day Taurus
- 02:19 – 04:33 next day Gemini
- 04:33 – 05:24 next day Cancer
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