Varanasi panchang, 16 March 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 23:55 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:06 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:42
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:06 to 06:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:12
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 22:39
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:42
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. 04:30 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:36 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:06 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:06 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:33 Capricorn
- 04:33 – 06:04 Aquarius
- 06:04 – 07:33 Pisces
- 07:33 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:08 Taurus
- 11:08 – 13:22 Gemini
- 13:22 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 17:54 Leo
- 17:54 – 20:06 Virgo
- 20:06 – 22:23 Libra
- 22:23 – 00:40 next day Scorpio
- 00:40 – 02:45 next day Sagittarius
- 02:45 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 06:00 next day Aquarius
- 06:00 – 06:05 next day Pisces
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