Varanasi panchang, 18 March 2028
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 00:51 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:06
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:07 to 06:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:30
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:45
- Karana Kaulava until 17:30, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
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 – 05:16
- 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 18:07 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:30 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:56 Aquarius
- 05:56 – 07:25 Pisces
- 07:25 – 09:03 Aries
- 09:03 – 11:00 Taurus
- 11:00 – 13:14 Gemini
- 13:14 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 17:46 Leo
- 17:46 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 22:15 Libra
- 22:15 – 00:32 next day Scorpio
- 00:32 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 05:52 next day Aquarius
- 05:52 – 06:03 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