Varanasi panchang, 23 March 2028
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 04:10 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:43
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:09 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:34 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:59 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:16, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 18:47 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. 04:24 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:38 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:37 Aquarius
- 05:37 – 07:05 Pisces
- 07:05 – 08:43 Aries
- 08:43 – 10:40 Taurus
- 10:40 – 12:54 Gemini
- 12:54 – 15:12 Cancer
- 15:12 – 17:26 Leo
- 17:26 – 19:39 Virgo
- 19:39 – 21:55 Libra
- 21:55 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:17 next day Sagittarius
- 02:17 – 04:02 next day Capricorn
- 04:02 – 05:33 next day Aquarius
- 05:33 – 05:58 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