Varanasi panchang, 26 March 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 05:39 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:10
- 10:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 10:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:10 to 05:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 10:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 03:48 next day
- Karana Naga until 10:01, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 10:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:10
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 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:27 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:25 Aquarius
- 05:25 – 06:53 Pisces
- 06:53 – 08:32 Aries
- 08:32 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:43 Gemini
- 12:43 – 15:00 Cancer
- 15:00 – 17:14 Leo
- 17:14 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:05 next day Sagittarius
- 02:05 – 03:50 next day Capricorn
- 03:50 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 05:55 next day Pisces
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