Varanasi panchang, 17 February 2028
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 00:07 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:35
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:51 to 06:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:41 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 17:18
- Karana Balava until 13:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:18 – 20:54
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 – 05:41
- 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 17:51 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:32 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:26 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:23 Capricorn
- 06:23 – 07:54 Aquarius
- 07:54 – 09:23 Pisces
- 09:23 – 11:01 Aries
- 11:01 – 12:58 Taurus
- 12:58 – 15:12 Gemini
- 15:12 – 17:30 Cancer
- 17:30 – 19:44 Leo
- 19:44 – 21:57 Virgo
- 21:57 – 00:13 next day Libra
- 00:13 – 02:30 next day Scorpio
- 02:30 – 04:35 next day Sagittarius
- 04:35 – 06:20 next day Capricorn
- 06:20 – 06:31 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