Varanasi panchang, 2 January 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 10:03 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 17:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta 15:54 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:59 – 17:18
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:18 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:42
- Karana Balava until 13:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:42 – 12:33 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:54 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:59 – 17:18
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. 04:57 – 05:51
- 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 17:18 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:22 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:40 | Good |
| Rog | 14:40 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:59 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:18 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:40 | Good |
| Char | 20:40 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:45 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 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:39 Sagittarius
- 07:39 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:45 Leo
- 22:45 – 00:57 next day Virgo
- 00:57 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 06:45 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