Varanasi panchang, 28 January 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 07:34 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:16
- 09:22 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:37 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:02 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:20
- Karana Balava until 12:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:22 – 15:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:16
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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:37 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:57 Sagittarius
- 05:57 – 07:42 Capricorn
- 07:42 – 09:13 Aquarius
- 09:13 – 10:41 Pisces
- 10:41 – 12:20 Aries
- 12:20 – 14:17 Taurus
- 14:17 – 16:31 Gemini
- 16:31 – 18:48 Cancer
- 18:48 – 21:02 Leo
- 21:02 – 23:15 Virgo
- 23:15 – 01:32 next day Libra
- 01:32 – 03:49 next day Scorpio
- 03:49 – 05:53 next day Sagittarius
- 05:53 – 06:43 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