Varanasi panchang, 2 February 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 10:06 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:34
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:58 Moon enters Aries
- 11:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:41 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:13
- Nakshatra Revati until 09:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:29
- Karana Taitila until 11:13, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:58 Moon enters Aries
- 11:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:34
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:41 – 09:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:58 – 06:41 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:06 – 00:18 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. 04:57 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:41 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 09:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:13 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:38 Sagittarius
- 05:38 – 07:22 Capricorn
- 07:22 – 08:53 Aquarius
- 08:53 – 10:22 Pisces
- 10:22 – 12:00 Aries
- 12:00 – 13:57 Taurus
- 13:57 – 16:11 Gemini
- 16:11 – 18:29 Cancer
- 18:29 – 20:43 Leo
- 20:43 – 22:55 Virgo
- 22:55 – 01:12 next day Libra
- 01:12 – 03:29 next day Scorpio
- 03:29 – 05:34 next day Sagittarius
- 05:34 – 06:41 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