Varanasi panchang, 19 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 00:14 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:29
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:30 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:29
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:44 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:24
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:29
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:24 – 17:24
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:04 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:01 – 02:07 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. 05:00 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:45 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 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:33 Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 08:17 Capricorn
- 08:17 – 09:48 Aquarius
- 09:48 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:52 Taurus
- 14:52 – 17:06 Gemini
- 17:06 – 19:24 Cancer
- 19:24 – 21:38 Leo
- 21:38 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 02:07 next day Libra
- 02:07 – 04:24 next day Scorpio
- 04:24 – 06:29 next day Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 06:45 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