Varanasi panchang, 5 March 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 11:54 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 18:01
- 08:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:01 to 06:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:55 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 17:54
- Karana Balava until 13:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:01
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. 04:39 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:00 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:44 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:17 Capricorn
- 05:17 – 06:47 Aquarius
- 06:47 – 08:16 Pisces
- 08:16 – 09:54 Aries
- 09:54 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:05 Gemini
- 14:05 – 16:23 Cancer
- 16:23 – 18:37 Leo
- 18:37 – 20:50 Virgo
- 20:50 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:23 next day Scorpio
- 01:23 – 03:28 next day Sagittarius
- 03:28 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
- 05:13 – 06:16 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