Varanasi panchang, 22 January 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 03:14 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 14:51
- 07:34 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:33 to 06:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:04
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:34 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:21
- Karana Balava until 13:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:34 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:51
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 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:21 Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 08:06 Capricorn
- 08:06 – 09:36 Aquarius
- 09:36 – 11:05 Pisces
- 11:05 – 12:43 Aries
- 12:43 – 14:40 Taurus
- 14:40 – 16:54 Gemini
- 16:54 – 19:12 Cancer
- 19:12 – 21:26 Leo
- 21:26 – 23:39 Virgo
- 23:39 – 01:55 next day Libra
- 01:55 – 04:12 next day Scorpio
- 04:12 – 06:17 next day Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 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