Varanasi panchang, 6 January 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 12:07 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 17:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:14
- 08:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:21 to 06:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:35
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 03:35 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 12:50
- Karana Balava until 08:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:14
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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 03:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 06:45 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:35 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:42 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:01 – 17:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:21 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:01 – 20:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:42 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:24 Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 10:39 Aquarius
- 10:39 – 12:08 Pisces
- 12:08 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:43 Taurus
- 15:43 – 17:57 Gemini
- 17:57 – 20:15 Cancer
- 20:15 – 22:29 Leo
- 22:29 – 00:42 next day Virgo
- 00:42 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 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