Varanasi panchang, 3 January 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 10:32 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:12
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:34 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:12
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:15 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:33
- Karana Taitila until 16:12, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:34 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:12
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) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 22:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 15:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:59 – 17:19 | Good |
| Char | 17:19 – 19:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:31 Scorpio
- 05:31 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 15:55 Taurus
- 15:55 – 18:09 Gemini
- 18:09 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 03:10 next day Libra
- 03:10 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 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