Varanasi panchang, 28 November 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 21:08 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:25 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:25
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:22 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:06 to 06:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:40
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 20:18
- Karana Balava until 06:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:22 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:05 – 22:01
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. 04:38 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:25 – 06:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:25 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:26 – 22:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:06 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:34 Libra
- 05:34 – 07:51 Scorpio
- 07:51 – 09:56 Sagittarius
- 09:56 – 11:41 Capricorn
- 11:41 – 13:12 Aquarius
- 13:12 – 14:40 Pisces
- 14:40 – 16:18 Aries
- 16:18 – 18:16 Taurus
- 18:16 – 20:29 Gemini
- 20:29 – 22:47 Cancer
- 22:47 – 01:01 next day Leo
- 01:01 – 03:14 next day Virgo
- 03:14 – 05:30 next day Libra
- 05:30 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
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