Varanasi panchang, 4 February 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 11:23 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:03 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:20
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:42 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 17:06
- Karana Bava until 12:47, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:48 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:20
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 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:39 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:03 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:42 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:30 Sagittarius
- 05:30 – 07:15 Capricorn
- 07:15 – 08:45 Aquarius
- 08:45 – 10:14 Pisces
- 10:14 – 11:52 Aries
- 11:52 – 13:49 Taurus
- 13:49 – 16:03 Gemini
- 16:03 – 18:21 Cancer
- 18:21 – 20:35 Leo
- 20:35 – 22:48 Virgo
- 22:48 – 01:04 next day Libra
- 01:04 – 03:21 next day Scorpio
- 03:21 – 05:26 next day Sagittarius
- 05:26 – 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