Varanasi panchang, 26 January 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 06:26 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:31
- 07:28 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:36 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:42 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:42
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 16:48 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 13:31
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:28, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:28 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:42 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:31
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. 04:59 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:05 Sagittarius
- 06:05 – 07:50 Capricorn
- 07:50 – 09:21 Aquarius
- 09:21 – 10:49 Pisces
- 10:49 – 12:27 Aries
- 12:27 – 14:25 Taurus
- 14:25 – 16:39 Gemini
- 16:39 – 18:56 Cancer
- 18:56 – 21:10 Leo
- 21:10 – 23:23 Virgo
- 23:23 – 01:40 next day Libra
- 01:40 – 03:56 next day Scorpio
- 03:56 – 06:01 next day Sagittarius
- 06:01 – 06:44 next day Capricorn
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