Varanasi panchang, 24 March 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 04:40 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:38
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:10 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:57 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:50 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 18:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:38
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:48 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:40 – 20:55
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:10 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:33 Aquarius
- 05:33 – 07:01 Pisces
- 07:01 – 08:39 Aries
- 08:39 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:50 Gemini
- 12:50 – 15:08 Cancer
- 15:08 – 17:22 Leo
- 17:22 – 19:35 Virgo
- 19:35 – 21:51 Libra
- 21:51 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:13 next day Sagittarius
- 02:13 – 03:58 next day Capricorn
- 03:58 – 05:29 next day Aquarius
- 05:29 – 05:57 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