Varanasi panchang, 28 October 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 18:57 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:19 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:07 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 13:26 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:18
- Karana Vanija until 14:37, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:53 – 07:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:40 – 13:53 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. 04:22 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:04 – 13:26
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 13:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:26 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 06:04 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:20 Virgo
- 05:20 – 07:36 Libra
- 07:36 – 09:53 Scorpio
- 09:53 – 11:58 Sagittarius
- 11:58 – 13:43 Capricorn
- 13:43 – 15:14 Aquarius
- 15:14 – 16:42 Pisces
- 16:42 – 18:20 Aries
- 18:20 – 20:17 Taurus
- 20:17 – 22:31 Gemini
- 22:31 – 00:49 next day Cancer
- 00:49 – 03:03 next day Leo
- 03:03 – 05:16 next day Virgo
- 05:16 – 06:04 next day Libra
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