Varanasi panchang, 30 January 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 08:34 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 17:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:39
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:39 to 06:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:17 Moon enters Pisces
- 05:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:15 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:01 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 17:12
- Karana Vanija until 18:00, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:17 Moon enters Pisces
- 05:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:00 – 22:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:17 – 07:15 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 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 05:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:01 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:43 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:39 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:42 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 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:49 Sagittarius
- 05:49 – 07:34 Capricorn
- 07:34 – 09:05 Aquarius
- 09:05 – 10:33 Pisces
- 10:33 – 12:12 Aries
- 12:12 – 14:09 Taurus
- 14:09 – 16:23 Gemini
- 16:23 – 18:40 Cancer
- 18:40 – 20:54 Leo
- 20:54 – 23:07 Virgo
- 23:07 – 01:24 next day Libra
- 01:24 – 03:41 next day Scorpio
- 03:41 – 05:45 next day Sagittarius
- 05:45 – 06:42 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