Varanasi panchang, 15 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 21:09 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:47
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:27 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:10
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:10 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:47
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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:07 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:07 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:48 Sagittarius
- 06:48 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 13:11 Aries
- 13:11 – 15:08 Taurus
- 15:08 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:39 Cancer
- 19:39 – 21:53 Leo
- 21:53 – 00:06 next day Virgo
- 00:06 – 02:23 next day Libra
- 02:23 – 04:40 next day Scorpio
- 04:40 – 06:44 next day Sagittarius
- 06:44 – 06:46 next day Capricorn
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