Varanasi panchang, 13 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 18:56 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 17:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:19 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:18
- 13:51 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:26 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:39 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:39 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:51
- Karana Taitila until 16:23, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:51 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:39 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:19 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:18
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 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:46 – 16:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 16:37
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:26 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:06 – 17:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:26 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:06 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 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 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:56 Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 08:41 Capricorn
- 08:41 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:16 Taurus
- 15:16 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 02:31 next day Libra
- 02:31 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
- 04:48 – 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