Varanasi panchang, 11 February 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 18:47 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:23
- 06:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:47 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 16:46
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:01 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 14:49
- Karana Balava until 06:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:49 – 17:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 22:01
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. 04:54 – 05:45
- 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 17:47 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 16:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:01 – 06:36 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:01 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:47 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:02 Sagittarius
- 05:02 – 06:47 Capricorn
- 06:47 – 08:18 Aquarius
- 08:18 – 09:46 Pisces
- 09:46 – 11:25 Aries
- 11:25 – 13:22 Taurus
- 13:22 – 15:36 Gemini
- 15:36 – 17:53 Cancer
- 17:53 – 20:07 Leo
- 20:07 – 22:20 Virgo
- 22:20 – 00:37 next day Libra
- 00:37 – 02:54 next day Scorpio
- 02:54 – 04:58 next day Sagittarius
- 04:58 – 06:36 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