Varanasi panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 11:33 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:22
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:20 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:50
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 07:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:22
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 02:31 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 06:45 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. 04:58 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:31 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:23 Scorpio
- 05:23 – 07:28 Sagittarius
- 07:28 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 10:43 Aquarius
- 10:43 – 12:12 Pisces
- 12:12 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:47 Taurus
- 15:47 – 18:01 Gemini
- 18:01 – 20:19 Cancer
- 20:19 – 22:33 Leo
- 22:33 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 03:02 next day Libra
- 03:02 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 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