Varanasi panchang, 9 February 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 16:29 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 17:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:35
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:46 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 00:17 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 23:26
- Karana Gara until 14:04, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:35
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:17 – 10:26 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. 04:55 – 05:46
- 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 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 04:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:37 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 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:10 Sagittarius
- 05:10 – 06:55 Capricorn
- 06:55 – 08:26 Aquarius
- 08:26 – 09:54 Pisces
- 09:54 – 11:32 Aries
- 11:32 – 13:30 Taurus
- 13:30 – 15:43 Gemini
- 15:43 – 18:01 Cancer
- 18:01 – 20:15 Leo
- 20:15 – 22:28 Virgo
- 22:28 – 00:44 next day Libra
- 00:44 – 03:01 next day Scorpio
- 03:01 – 05:06 next day Sagittarius
- 05:06 – 06:37 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