Varanasi panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 15:13 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:37
- 07:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:02 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 15:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:48
- Karana Bava until 07:02, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:11
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:48 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:37
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. 04:37 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 17:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:14 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 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:05 Capricorn
- 05:05 – 06:36 Aquarius
- 06:36 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:42 Aries
- 09:42 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:53 Gemini
- 13:53 – 16:11 Cancer
- 16:11 – 18:25 Leo
- 18:25 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 22:54 Libra
- 22:54 – 01:11 next day Scorpio
- 01:11 – 03:16 next day Sagittarius
- 03:16 – 05:01 next day Capricorn
- 05:01 – 06:14 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