Varanasi panchang, 7 March 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 14:05 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:02- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:12 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:33
- 09:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:42 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:02 to 06:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:18
- Karana Vanija until 09:49, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:42 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:42 – 20:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:33
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 18:02 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 17:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:15 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:44 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Char | 09:12 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:02 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:33 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:11 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:43 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:09 Capricorn
- 05:09 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 09:46 Aries
- 09:46 – 11:43 Taurus
- 11:43 – 13:57 Gemini
- 13:57 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:29 Leo
- 18:29 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 22:58 Libra
- 22:58 – 01:15 next day Scorpio
- 01:15 – 03:20 next day Sagittarius
- 03:20 – 05:05 next day Capricorn
- 05:05 – 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