Varanasi panchang, 12 March 2028
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 19:41 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:04
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:04 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:34
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:01 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 12:11
- Karana Taitila until 13:12, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:04
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. 04:34 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:11 – 01:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 01:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:11 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:40 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:09 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
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:49 Capricorn
- 04:49 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 07:48 Pisces
- 07:48 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:24 Taurus
- 11:24 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 15:55 Cancer
- 15:55 – 18:09 Leo
- 18:09 – 20:22 Virgo
- 20:22 – 22:39 Libra
- 22:39 – 00:56 next day Scorpio
- 00:56 – 03:00 next day Sagittarius
- 03:00 – 04:45 next day Capricorn
- 04:45 – 06:09 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