Varanasi panchang, 7 January 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 12:46 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 17:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:02
- 08:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:22 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:30
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:52 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 11:48
- Karana Taitila until 08:39, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:02
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 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 03:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:30 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:45 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:22 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:02 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:46 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 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:15 Scorpio
- 05:15 – 07:20 Sagittarius
- 07:20 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 10:35 Aquarius
- 10:35 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 13:42 Aries
- 13:42 – 15:39 Taurus
- 15:39 – 17:53 Gemini
- 17:53 – 20:11 Cancer
- 20:11 – 22:25 Leo
- 22:25 – 00:38 next day Virgo
- 00:38 – 02:54 next day Libra
- 02:54 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 06:46 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