Varanasi panchang, 28 March 2028
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 06:44 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:39
- 13:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:11 to 05:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:30 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:39 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:03
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:30 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 03:39 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:03, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:30 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:39 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:39 – 04:51 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. 04:20 – 05:07
- 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 – 20:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:54 – 23:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 23:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:03 – 05:53 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:30 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:25 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:17 Aquarius
- 05:17 – 06:45 Pisces
- 06:45 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:21 Taurus
- 10:21 – 12:35 Gemini
- 12:35 – 14:52 Cancer
- 14:52 – 17:06 Leo
- 17:06 – 19:19 Virgo
- 19:19 – 21:36 Libra
- 21:36 – 23:53 Scorpio
- 23:53 – 01:57 next day Sagittarius
- 01:57 – 03:42 next day Capricorn
- 03:42 – 05:13 next day Aquarius
- 05:13 – 05:53 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