Varanasi panchang, 28 December 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 22:06 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:09
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:15 to 06:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:58
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 17:55
- Karana Taitila until 14:58, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:09
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. 04:55 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:33 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 15:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:56 – 17:15 | Good |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:43 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 07:58 Sagittarius
- 07:58 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 11:14 Aquarius
- 11:14 – 12:42 Pisces
- 12:42 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:18 Taurus
- 16:18 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 01:16 next day Virgo
- 01:16 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 06:43 next day Sagittarius
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