Varanasi panchang, 27 March 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 06:10 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:44
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:11 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:46 Moon enters Aries
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:43
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 03:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:43, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:46 Moon enters Aries
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:52 – 03:39 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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:11 | Good |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:21 Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:49 Pisces
- 06:49 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:39 Gemini
- 12:39 – 14:56 Cancer
- 14:56 – 17:10 Leo
- 17:10 – 19:23 Virgo
- 19:23 – 21:40 Libra
- 21:40 – 23:57 Scorpio
- 23:57 – 02:01 next day Sagittarius
- 02:01 – 03:46 next day Capricorn
- 03:46 – 05:17 next day Aquarius
- 05:17 – 05:54 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