Varanasi panchang, 28 February 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 07:36 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:39
- 10:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:57 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:02
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 22:48
- Karana Taitila until 10:03, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:39
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:37 – 11:51
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. 04:44 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:39 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:40 Capricorn
- 05:40 – 07:11 Aquarius
- 07:11 – 08:39 Pisces
- 08:39 – 10:18 Aries
- 10:18 – 12:15 Taurus
- 12:15 – 14:29 Gemini
- 14:29 – 16:46 Cancer
- 16:46 – 19:00 Leo
- 19:00 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 23:30 Libra
- 23:30 – 01:47 next day Scorpio
- 01:47 – 03:51 next day Sagittarius
- 03:51 – 05:36 next day Capricorn
- 05:36 – 06:22 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