Varanasi panchang, 13 February 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 20:58 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:49
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:49 to 06:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:40
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:47 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:40, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:19 – 00:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:49
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 04:47 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 – 05:44
- 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 17:49 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 16:36
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:36 – 06:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:36 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 21:00 | Good |
| Char | 21:00 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:54 Sagittarius
- 04:54 – 06:39 Capricorn
- 06:39 – 08:10 Aquarius
- 08:10 – 09:38 Pisces
- 09:38 – 11:17 Aries
- 11:17 – 13:14 Taurus
- 13:14 – 15:28 Gemini
- 15:28 – 17:45 Cancer
- 17:45 – 19:59 Leo
- 19:59 – 22:12 Virgo
- 22:12 – 00:29 next day Libra
- 00:29 – 02:46 next day Scorpio
- 02:46 – 04:50 next day Sagittarius
- 04:50 – 06:34 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