Varanasi panchang, 1 January 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 09:33 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 17:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:44 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:39
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:17 to 06:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:55
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 10:43
- Karana Vishti until 10:55, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:40 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:39
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. 04:56 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 16:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 10:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:03 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:39 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:27 Pisces
- 12:27 – 14:06 Aries
- 14:06 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:17 Gemini
- 18:17 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:48 Leo
- 22:48 – 01:01 next day Virgo
- 01:01 – 03:18 next day Libra
- 03:18 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 06:44 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