Varanasi panchang, 18 February 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 01:08 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:56 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:27
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:52 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:57, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:27
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:25 – 06:31 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. 04:50 – 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 17:52 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:31 – 07:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:56 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 07:50 Aquarius
- 07:50 – 09:19 Pisces
- 09:19 – 10:57 Aries
- 10:57 – 12:54 Taurus
- 12:54 – 15:08 Gemini
- 15:08 – 17:26 Cancer
- 17:26 – 19:40 Leo
- 19:40 – 21:53 Virgo
- 21:53 – 00:09 next day Libra
- 00:09 – 02:26 next day Scorpio
- 02:26 – 04:31 next day Sagittarius
- 04:31 – 06:16 next day Capricorn
- 06:16 – 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