Varanasi panchang, 19 March 2028
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 01:40 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:07
- 06:19 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:07 to 06:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:17
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 02:10 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 22:08
- Karana Taitila until 06:19, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:07
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:08 – 10:32 next day
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. 04:28 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:10 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:07 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:33 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:52 Aquarius
- 05:52 – 07:21 Pisces
- 07:21 – 08:59 Aries
- 08:59 – 10:56 Taurus
- 10:56 – 13:10 Gemini
- 13:10 – 15:28 Cancer
- 15:28 – 17:42 Leo
- 17:42 – 19:55 Virgo
- 19:55 – 22:11 Libra
- 22:11 – 00:28 next day Scorpio
- 00:28 – 02:33 next day Sagittarius
- 02:33 – 04:18 next day Capricorn
- 04:18 – 05:48 next day Aquarius
- 05:48 – 06:02 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