Varanasi panchang, 31 January 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 09:03 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:28
- 07:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:40 to 06:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:24 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:15
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 07:42 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 17:57
- Karana Vishti until 07:15, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:57 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:24 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:28
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 17:40 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 14:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:55 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:45 Sagittarius
- 05:45 – 07:30 Capricorn
- 07:30 – 09:01 Aquarius
- 09:01 – 10:29 Pisces
- 10:29 – 12:08 Aries
- 12:08 – 14:05 Taurus
- 14:05 – 16:19 Gemini
- 16:19 – 18:37 Cancer
- 18:37 – 20:50 Leo
- 20:50 – 23:03 Virgo
- 23:03 – 01:20 next day Libra
- 01:20 – 03:37 next day Scorpio
- 03:37 – 05:42 next day Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 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