Varanasi panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:50 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:36
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:50 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:36
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. 04:51 – 05:42
- 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 17:50 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 01:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:27 Capricorn
- 06:27 – 07:58 Aquarius
- 07:58 – 09:27 Pisces
- 09:27 – 11:05 Aries
- 11:05 – 13:02 Taurus
- 13:02 – 15:16 Gemini
- 15:16 – 17:34 Cancer
- 17:34 – 19:48 Leo
- 19:48 – 22:00 Virgo
- 22:00 – 00:17 next day Libra
- 00:17 – 02:34 next day Scorpio
- 02:34 – 04:39 next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 06:23 next day Capricorn
- 06:23 – 06:32 next day Aquarius
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