Varanasi panchang, 26 February 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 06:37 Phalguna 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 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:25 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:03
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:56 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:08 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 21:37
- Karana Bava until 18:40, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:03
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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:25 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:30 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:24 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
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:22 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)
- 04:45 – 05:48 Capricorn
- 05:48 – 07:19 Aquarius
- 07:19 – 08:47 Pisces
- 08:47 – 10:26 Aries
- 10:26 – 12:23 Taurus
- 12:23 – 14:37 Gemini
- 14:37 – 16:54 Cancer
- 16:54 – 19:08 Leo
- 19:08 – 21:21 Virgo
- 21:21 – 23:38 Libra
- 23:38 – 01:55 next day Scorpio
- 01:55 – 03:59 next day Sagittarius
- 03:59 – 05:44 next day Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
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