Varanasi panchang, 26 November 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 13:18 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:06
- 08:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 10:45 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:06 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 23:59
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 08:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 21:07
- Karana Taitila until 10:45, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 10:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:06
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. 04:37 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:58 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:25 | Good |
| Rog | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Char | 20:25 – 22:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:05 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:40 Libra
- 05:40 – 07:57 Scorpio
- 07:57 – 10:02 Sagittarius
- 10:02 – 11:47 Capricorn
- 11:47 – 13:18 Aquarius
- 13:18 – 14:46 Pisces
- 14:46 – 16:24 Aries
- 16:24 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:35 Gemini
- 20:35 – 22:53 Cancer
- 22:53 – 01:07 next day Leo
- 01:07 – 03:20 next day Virgo
- 03:20 – 05:36 next day Libra
- 05:36 – 06:24 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