Varanasi panchang, 14 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 20:04 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 17:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:07
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:56 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:27 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 23:17
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 13:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 09:47
- Karana Vanija until 12:57, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:56 Moon enters Leo
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:57 – 13:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:56 – 23:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 13:56
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:56 – 06:46 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. 04:59 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:27 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 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
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:52 Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 08:37 Capricorn
- 08:37 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 11:36 Pisces
- 11:36 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:12 Taurus
- 15:12 – 17:26 Gemini
- 17:26 – 19:43 Cancer
- 19:43 – 21:57 Leo
- 21:57 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:27 next day Libra
- 02:27 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 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