Varanasi panchang, 9 March 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 16:21 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:14 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:41
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:03 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:02
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:48 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:02, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:41
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. 04:36 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:22 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:14 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:01 Capricorn
- 05:01 – 06:32 Aquarius
- 06:32 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:36 Taurus
- 11:36 – 13:49 Gemini
- 13:49 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:21 Leo
- 18:21 – 20:34 Virgo
- 20:34 – 22:50 Libra
- 22:50 – 01:07 next day Scorpio
- 01:07 – 03:12 next day Sagittarius
- 03:12 – 04:57 next day Capricorn
- 04:57 – 06:13 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