Varanasi panchang, 6 March 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 12:58 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:40
- 12:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:01 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:01 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 23:01
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:55 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:21
- Karana Taitila until 12:03, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:55 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:40
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. 04:38 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 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 06:16 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:13 Capricorn
- 05:13 – 06:43 Aquarius
- 06:43 – 08:12 Pisces
- 08:12 – 09:50 Aries
- 09:50 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 14:01 Gemini
- 14:01 – 16:19 Cancer
- 16:19 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 23:02 Libra
- 23:02 – 01:19 next day Scorpio
- 01:19 – 03:24 next day Sagittarius
- 03:24 – 05:09 next day Capricorn
- 05:09 – 06:15 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