Varanasi panchang, 13 March 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 20:46 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:42
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:54 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:05 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:24
- Karana Vanija until 10:03, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:54 Moon enters Libra
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:03 – 08:39 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:09 – 22:55
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. 04:33 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:05 | Good |
| Char | 18:05 – 19:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:35 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:45 Capricorn
- 04:45 – 06:16 Aquarius
- 06:16 – 07:44 Pisces
- 07:44 – 09:23 Aries
- 09:23 – 11:20 Taurus
- 11:20 – 13:34 Gemini
- 13:34 – 15:51 Cancer
- 15:51 – 18:05 Leo
- 18:05 – 20:18 Virgo
- 20:18 – 22:35 Libra
- 22:35 – 00:52 next day Scorpio
- 00:52 – 02:56 next day Sagittarius
- 02:56 – 04:41 next day Capricorn
- 04:41 – 06:08 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