Varanasi panchang, 3 March 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 10:06 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:32
- 14:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:00 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 02:44 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:11 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:23
- Karana Gara until 14:46, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:23 – 22:35
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 – 05:30
- 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 18:00 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:24 Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 08:24 Pisces
- 08:24 – 10:02 Aries
- 10:02 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:13 Gemini
- 14:13 – 16:31 Cancer
- 16:31 – 18:45 Leo
- 18:45 – 20:58 Virgo
- 20:58 – 23:14 Libra
- 23:14 – 01:31 next day Scorpio
- 01:31 – 03:36 next day Sagittarius
- 03:36 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
- 05:21 – 06:18 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