Varanasi panchang, 29 January 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 08:05 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 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 14:54
- 15:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:38 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:02 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 16:18
- Karana Taitila until 15:23, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:54
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:18 – 04:45 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. 04:58 – 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 17:38 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:02 – 06:43 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:43 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:53 Sagittarius
- 05:53 – 07:38 Capricorn
- 07:38 – 09:09 Aquarius
- 09:09 – 10:37 Pisces
- 10:37 – 12:16 Aries
- 12:16 – 14:13 Taurus
- 14:13 – 16:27 Gemini
- 16:27 – 18:44 Cancer
- 18:44 – 20:58 Leo
- 20:58 – 23:11 Virgo
- 23:11 – 01:28 next day Libra
- 01:28 – 03:45 next day Scorpio
- 03:45 – 05:49 next day Sagittarius
- 05:49 – 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