Varanasi panchang, 3 February 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 10:42 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 17:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:41 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:30
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:42 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:21
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 18:04
- Karana Vanija until 12:21, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:30
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 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 17:42 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 11:39
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:41 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:34 Sagittarius
- 05:34 – 07:19 Capricorn
- 07:19 – 08:49 Aquarius
- 08:49 – 10:18 Pisces
- 10:18 – 11:56 Aries
- 11:56 – 13:53 Taurus
- 13:53 – 16:07 Gemini
- 16:07 – 18:25 Cancer
- 18:25 – 20:39 Leo
- 20:39 – 22:52 Virgo
- 22:52 – 01:08 next day Libra
- 01:08 – 03:25 next day Scorpio
- 03:25 – 05:30 next day Sagittarius
- 05:30 – 06:40 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