Varanasi panchang, 20 February 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 02:57 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 17:53
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:53 to 06:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 05:46 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 16:26
- Karana Bava until 16:44, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 17:53
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 – 05:39
- 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 17:53 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 17:13
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 17:13
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:12 Capricorn
- 06:12 – 07:42 Aquarius
- 07:42 – 09:11 Pisces
- 09:11 – 10:49 Aries
- 10:49 – 12:46 Taurus
- 12:46 – 15:00 Gemini
- 15:00 – 17:18 Cancer
- 17:18 – 19:32 Leo
- 19:32 – 21:45 Virgo
- 21:45 – 00:01 next day Libra
- 00:01 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:23 next day Sagittarius
- 04:23 – 06:08 next day Capricorn
- 06:08 – 06:29 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