Varanasi panchang, 19 February 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 02:05 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:02
- 15:01 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:01 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:52 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 03:48 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 15:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 16:13
- Karana Vanija until 15:01, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:01 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:01 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:13 – 17:25
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. 04:49 – 05:40
- 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 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:16 Capricorn
- 06:16 – 07:46 Aquarius
- 07:46 – 09:15 Pisces
- 09:15 – 10:53 Aries
- 10:53 – 12:50 Taurus
- 12:50 – 15:04 Gemini
- 15:04 – 17:22 Cancer
- 17:22 – 19:36 Leo
- 19:36 – 21:49 Virgo
- 21:49 – 00:05 next day Libra
- 00:05 – 02:22 next day Scorpio
- 02:22 – 04:27 next day Sagittarius
- 04:27 – 06:12 next day Capricorn
- 06:12 – 06:30 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