Varanasi panchang, 28 September 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 18:42 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:19 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:23
- 08:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:16 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:47 to 05:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:14
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:53
- Karana Taitila until 08:09, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:16 Moon enters Aries
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:53 – 12:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:23
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. 04:13 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:49 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:19 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:05 Leo
- 05:05 – 07:18 Virgo
- 07:18 – 09:34 Libra
- 09:34 – 11:51 Scorpio
- 11:51 – 13:56 Sagittarius
- 13:56 – 15:41 Capricorn
- 15:41 – 17:12 Aquarius
- 17:12 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 20:18 Aries
- 20:18 – 22:15 Taurus
- 22:15 – 00:29 next day Gemini
- 00:29 – 02:47 next day Cancer
- 02:47 – 05:01 next day Leo
- 05:01 – 05:50 next day Virgo
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