Varanasi panchang, 4 March 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 10:57 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:05
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:00 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:25 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:54
- Karana Vishti until 14:32, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
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. 04:40 – 05:29
- 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 – 20:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:18 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:10 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:21 Capricorn
- 05:21 – 06:51 Aquarius
- 06:51 – 08:20 Pisces
- 08:20 – 09:58 Aries
- 09:58 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 14:09 Gemini
- 14:09 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 18:41 Leo
- 18:41 – 20:54 Virgo
- 20:54 – 23:10 Libra
- 23:10 – 01:27 next day Scorpio
- 01:27 – 03:32 next day Sagittarius
- 03:32 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
- 05:17 – 06:17 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