Varanasi panchang, 5 February 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 12:11 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 17:43- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 14:57
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:32 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:43 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:26
- Nakshatra Krittika until 12:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 15:32
- Karana Kaulava until 12:26, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:32 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:58 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:57
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. 04:56 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 06:39 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 12:26
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 12:55 – 06:39 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:55 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:03 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:43 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:26 Sagittarius
- 05:26 – 07:11 Capricorn
- 07:11 – 08:41 Aquarius
- 08:41 – 10:10 Pisces
- 10:10 – 11:48 Aries
- 11:48 – 13:45 Taurus
- 13:45 – 15:59 Gemini
- 15:59 – 18:17 Cancer
- 18:17 – 20:31 Leo
- 20:31 – 22:44 Virgo
- 22:44 – 01:00 next day Libra
- 01:00 – 03:17 next day Scorpio
- 03:17 – 05:22 next day Sagittarius
- 05:22 – 06:39 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