Varanasi panchang, 29 March 2028
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 07:22 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:35
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:12 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:58
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:58, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 00:51 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. 04:19 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:12 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 00:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:51 – 05:52 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:51 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:13 Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:41 Pisces
- 06:41 – 08:20 Aries
- 08:20 – 10:17 Taurus
- 10:17 – 12:31 Gemini
- 12:31 – 14:49 Cancer
- 14:49 – 17:02 Leo
- 17:02 – 19:15 Virgo
- 19:15 – 21:32 Libra
- 21:32 – 23:49 Scorpio
- 23:49 – 01:53 next day Sagittarius
- 01:53 – 03:38 next day Capricorn
- 03:38 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 05:52 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