Varanasi panchang, 23 February 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 05:03 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:55 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:58 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 18:47
- Karana Vanija until 10:44, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 07:17 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:58 – 06:27 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. 04:47 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:00 Capricorn
- 06:00 – 07:31 Aquarius
- 07:31 – 08:59 Pisces
- 08:59 – 10:37 Aries
- 10:37 – 12:35 Taurus
- 12:35 – 14:48 Gemini
- 14:48 – 17:06 Cancer
- 17:06 – 19:20 Leo
- 19:20 – 21:33 Virgo
- 21:33 – 23:49 Libra
- 23:49 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:11 next day Sagittarius
- 04:11 – 05:56 next day Capricorn
- 05:56 – 06:27 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