Varanasi panchang, 18 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:30 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 17:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:09
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:30 to 06:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Moon enters Libra
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 13:32
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:43 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:23
- Karana Bava until 13:32, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:56 Moon enters Libra
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:09
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. 05:00 – 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 17:30 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:32 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:09 | Good |
| Rog | 16:09 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:30 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:09 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:37 Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 08:21 Capricorn
- 08:21 – 09:52 Aquarius
- 09:52 – 11:21 Pisces
- 11:21 – 12:59 Aries
- 12:59 – 14:56 Taurus
- 14:56 – 17:10 Gemini
- 17:10 – 19:28 Cancer
- 19:28 – 21:42 Leo
- 21:42 – 23:54 Virgo
- 23:54 – 02:11 next day Libra
- 02:11 – 04:28 next day Scorpio
- 04:28 – 06:33 next day Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 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