Varanasi panchang, 24 February 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 05:36 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:27 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:19 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:38
- 13:27 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 13:27 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 15:32 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:55 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 13:27
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:05 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 19:47
- Karana Shakuni until 13:27, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:27 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 13:27 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 15:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:47 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:38
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. 04:46 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:27 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:27 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:19 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 17:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:55 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:56 Capricorn
- 05:56 – 07:27 Aquarius
- 07:27 – 08:55 Pisces
- 08:55 – 10:33 Aries
- 10:33 – 12:31 Taurus
- 12:31 – 14:44 Gemini
- 14:44 – 17:02 Cancer
- 17:02 – 19:16 Leo
- 19:16 – 21:29 Virgo
- 21:29 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 02:02 next day Scorpio
- 02:02 – 04:07 next day Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 05:52 next day Capricorn
- 05:52 – 06:26 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