Varanasi panchang, 17 March 2028
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:06 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:36
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:06 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 16:26
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:53
- Karana Bava until 16:26, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 21:45 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:05 – 21:55
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. 04:29 – 05:17
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:35 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:00 Aquarius
- 06:00 – 07:29 Pisces
- 07:29 – 09:07 Aries
- 09:07 – 11:04 Taurus
- 11:04 – 13:18 Gemini
- 13:18 – 15:36 Cancer
- 15:36 – 17:50 Leo
- 17:50 – 20:03 Virgo
- 20:03 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:36 next day Scorpio
- 00:36 – 02:41 next day Sagittarius
- 02:41 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 05:56 next day Aquarius
- 05:56 – 06:04 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