Varanasi panchang, 29 February 2028
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 08:08 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:04 – 16:31
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:58 to 06:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:43 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 23:00
- Karana Vanija until 11:56, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:56 – 15:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:31
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. 04:43 – 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 17:58 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 15:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:58 – 06:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:58 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:22 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:49 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:43 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:04 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 21:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:48 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:36 Capricorn
- 05:36 – 07:07 Aquarius
- 07:07 – 08:35 Pisces
- 08:35 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:11 Taurus
- 12:11 – 14:25 Gemini
- 14:25 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 18:56 Leo
- 18:56 – 21:09 Virgo
- 21:09 – 23:26 Libra
- 23:26 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:47 next day Sagittarius
- 03:47 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
- 05:32 – 06:21 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