Varanasi panchang, 16 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 22:11 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 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:28
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:46 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:28 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:27
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:48
- Karana Taitila until 17:27, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:46 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:28
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:48 – 01:12 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) 11:46 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:14 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:27 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:33 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 – 06:44 Sagittarius
- 06:44 – 08:29 Capricorn
- 08:29 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:28 Pisces
- 11:28 – 13:07 Aries
- 13:07 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:18 Gemini
- 17:18 – 19:36 Cancer
- 19:36 – 21:49 Leo
- 21:49 – 00:02 next day Virgo
- 00:02 – 02:19 next day Libra
- 02:19 – 04:36 next day Scorpio
- 04:36 – 06:40 next day Sagittarius
- 06:40 – 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