Varanasi panchang, 9 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 14:26 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:23
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:23 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:06 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 07:49
- Karana Bava until 06:51, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:23
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. 04:59 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:06 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:07 Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 08:57 Capricorn
- 08:57 – 10:28 Aquarius
- 10:28 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 13:34 Aries
- 13:34 – 15:31 Taurus
- 15:31 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 20:03 Cancer
- 20:03 – 22:17 Leo
- 22:17 – 00:30 next day Virgo
- 00:30 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 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