Varanasi panchang, 22 March 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 03:38 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:35
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:09 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:56 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 00:58 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:35, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:48 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:12 – 05:59 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. 04:25 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:09 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 07:09 Pisces
- 07:09 – 08:47 Aries
- 08:47 – 10:44 Taurus
- 10:44 – 12:58 Gemini
- 12:58 – 15:16 Cancer
- 15:16 – 17:30 Leo
- 17:30 – 19:43 Virgo
- 19:43 – 21:59 Libra
- 21:59 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:21 next day Sagittarius
- 02:21 – 04:06 next day Capricorn
- 04:06 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 05:59 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