Varanasi panchang, 2 March 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 09:21 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:39
- 14:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:59 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:21 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 02:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:38 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 19:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 22:21
- Karana Kaulava until 14:22, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:21 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 02:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:21 – 21:23 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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 19:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:28 Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:59 Aquarius
- 06:59 – 08:28 Pisces
- 08:28 – 10:06 Aries
- 10:06 – 12:03 Taurus
- 12:03 – 14:17 Gemini
- 14:17 – 16:35 Cancer
- 16:35 – 18:49 Leo
- 18:49 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 23:18 Libra
- 23:18 – 01:35 next day Scorpio
- 01:35 – 03:40 next day Sagittarius
- 03:40 – 05:24 next day Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:19 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