Varanasi panchang, 4 January 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 11:01 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:23 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:41 – 16:00
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:20
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:42 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 13:07
- Karana Vanija until 18:20, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:07 – 01:11 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 07:10 next day
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 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 00:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 00:42 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:20 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Char | 09:23 – 10:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:00 | Good |
| Rog | 16:00 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:19 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:41 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:27 Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 10:47 Aquarius
- 10:47 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:05 Gemini
- 18:05 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 22:37 Leo
- 22:37 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 03:06 next day Libra
- 03:06 – 05:23 next day Scorpio
- 05:23 – 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