Varanasi panchang, 25 March 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 05:09 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:07
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:57 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:31 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:10 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:57
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 03:27 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 07:57, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:57 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:31 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:01 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 07:57
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:38 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:29 Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:57 Pisces
- 06:57 – 08:35 Aries
- 08:35 – 10:33 Taurus
- 10:33 – 12:47 Gemini
- 12:47 – 15:04 Cancer
- 15:04 – 17:18 Leo
- 17:18 – 19:31 Virgo
- 19:31 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:09 next day Sagittarius
- 02:09 – 03:54 next day Capricorn
- 03:54 – 05:25 next day Aquarius
- 05:25 – 05:56 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