Varanasi panchang, 24 January 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 05:00 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 17:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:24
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:34 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 16:09
- Nakshatra Mula until 11:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:22
- Karana Vanija until 16:09, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:24
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:28 – 06:44 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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:34 | Good |
| Char | 17:34 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:44 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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:13 Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 07:58 Capricorn
- 07:58 – 09:29 Aquarius
- 09:29 – 10:57 Pisces
- 10:57 – 12:35 Aries
- 12:35 – 14:32 Taurus
- 14:32 – 16:46 Gemini
- 16:46 – 19:04 Cancer
- 19:04 – 21:18 Leo
- 21:18 – 23:31 Virgo
- 23:31 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 06:09 next day Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 06:44 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