Varanasi panchang, 8 February 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 15:18 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:45- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:22
- 06:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 09:15 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:45 to 06:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:29 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 03:30 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:52
- Nakshatra Ardra until 09:15 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 07:15
- Karana Balava until 06:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 09:15 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:29 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 03:30 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:22
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. 04:55 – 05:47
- 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 17:45 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:52 – 03:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:38 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:02 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:48 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:45 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:22 – 20:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:58 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:25 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:14 Sagittarius
- 05:14 – 06:59 Capricorn
- 06:59 – 08:30 Aquarius
- 08:30 – 09:58 Pisces
- 09:58 – 11:36 Aries
- 11:36 – 13:33 Taurus
- 13:33 – 15:47 Gemini
- 15:47 – 18:05 Cancer
- 18:05 – 20:19 Leo
- 20:19 – 22:32 Virgo
- 22:32 – 00:48 next day Libra
- 00:48 – 03:05 next day Scorpio
- 03:05 – 05:10 next day Sagittarius
- 05:10 – 06:38 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