Varanasi panchang, 17 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 23:13 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 17:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:20
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:29 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 15:12
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:30 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:52
- Karana Vanija until 15:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:19 – 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) 11:46 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:30 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:29 | Good |
| Char | 17:29 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:46 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:40 Sagittarius
- 06:40 – 08:25 Capricorn
- 08:25 – 09:56 Aquarius
- 09:56 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 15:00 Taurus
- 15:00 – 17:14 Gemini
- 17:14 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 21:46 Leo
- 21:46 – 23:58 Virgo
- 23:58 – 02:15 next day Libra
- 02:15 – 04:32 next day Scorpio
- 04:32 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 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