Varanasi panchang, 20 March 2028
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 02:24 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:43
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:51 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:08 to 06:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:04 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 22:55
- Karana Vanija until 08:24, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 22:19
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:19 – 06:01 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. 04:27 – 05:15
- 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 18:08 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:04 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:32 – 06:01 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:48 Aquarius
- 05:48 – 07:17 Pisces
- 07:17 – 08:55 Aries
- 08:55 – 10:52 Taurus
- 10:52 – 13:06 Gemini
- 13:06 – 15:24 Cancer
- 15:24 – 17:38 Leo
- 17:38 – 19:51 Virgo
- 19:51 – 22:07 Libra
- 22:07 – 00:24 next day Scorpio
- 00:24 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:14 next day Capricorn
- 04:14 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 06:01 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