Varanasi panchang, 12 February 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 19:53 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 17:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:00
- 10:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:48 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 06:29 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:04
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 19:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 10:33
- Karana Gara until 13:04, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 06:29 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:19 – 00:28 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:09 – 06:35 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. 04:53 – 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 17:48 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:48 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:58 Sagittarius
- 04:58 – 06:43 Capricorn
- 06:43 – 08:14 Aquarius
- 08:14 – 09:42 Pisces
- 09:42 – 11:21 Aries
- 11:21 – 13:18 Taurus
- 13:18 – 15:32 Gemini
- 15:32 – 17:49 Cancer
- 17:49 – 20:03 Leo
- 20:03 – 22:16 Virgo
- 22:16 – 00:33 next day Libra
- 00:33 – 02:50 next day Scorpio
- 02:50 – 04:54 next day Sagittarius
- 04:54 – 06:35 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