Varanasi panchang, 20 January 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 01:15 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:22
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:31 to 06:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:22 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 13:55
- Karana Gara until 12:04, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:50
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:55 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:22
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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:31 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:04 – 06:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:11 – 17:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:31 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:10 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:29 Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 09:44 Aquarius
- 09:44 – 11:13 Pisces
- 11:13 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 14:48 Taurus
- 14:48 – 17:02 Gemini
- 17:02 – 19:20 Cancer
- 19:20 – 21:34 Leo
- 21:34 – 23:47 Virgo
- 23:47 – 02:03 next day Libra
- 02:03 – 04:20 next day Scorpio
- 04:20 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
- 06:25 – 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