Varanasi panchang, 21 March 2028
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 03:03 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:37
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:08 to 06:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:14 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:12 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 23:54
- Karana Bava until 10:53, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
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. 04:26 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:01 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:32 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:08 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:44 Aquarius
- 05:44 – 07:13 Pisces
- 07:13 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 10:48 Taurus
- 10:48 – 13:02 Gemini
- 13:02 – 15:20 Cancer
- 15:20 – 17:34 Leo
- 17:34 – 19:47 Virgo
- 19:47 – 22:03 Libra
- 22:03 – 00:20 next day Scorpio
- 00:20 – 02:25 next day Sagittarius
- 02:25 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
- 05:41 – 06:00 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