Varanasi panchang, 28 August 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 18:29 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:44
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:20 to 05:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:48
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:27
- Karana Bava until 09:48, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:44
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. 04:07 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:48 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:37 – 07:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:45 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:53 Cancer
- 04:53 – 07:07 Leo
- 07:07 – 09:20 Virgo
- 09:20 – 11:36 Libra
- 11:36 – 13:53 Scorpio
- 13:53 – 15:58 Sagittarius
- 15:58 – 17:43 Capricorn
- 17:43 – 19:13 Aquarius
- 19:13 – 20:42 Pisces
- 20:42 – 22:20 Aries
- 22:20 – 00:17 next day Taurus
- 00:17 – 02:31 next day Gemini
- 02:31 – 04:49 next day Cancer
- 04:49 – 05:38 next day Leo
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