Varanasi panchang, 26 December 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 12:54 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:20 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:36 – 15:55
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:14 to 06:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 01:16 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 04:56 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:59, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:55
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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:56
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:42 – 01:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 01:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 01:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:42 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:01 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Char | 09:20 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:36 – 15:55 | Good |
| Rog | 15:55 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:55 – 20:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:36 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:20 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:02 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:20 Aquarius
- 11:20 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 14:26 Aries
- 14:26 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 03:38 next day Libra
- 03:38 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 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