Varanasi panchang, 14 March 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 21:52 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:05- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 09:08 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:35
- 07:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:05 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:23
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 02:15 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:26, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:35
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. 04:32 – 05:20
- 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 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:38 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Char | 09:08 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:05 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:07 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:37 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:41 Capricorn
- 04:41 – 06:12 Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:40 Pisces
- 07:40 – 09:19 Aries
- 09:19 – 11:16 Taurus
- 11:16 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 15:48 Cancer
- 15:48 – 18:01 Leo
- 18:01 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:31 Libra
- 22:31 – 00:48 next day Scorpio
- 00:48 – 02:52 next day Sagittarius
- 02:52 – 04:37 next day Capricorn
- 04:37 – 06:07 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