Varanasi panchang, 3 May 2028
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 12:57 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- 05:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:28 to 05:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 16:41
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:49 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:50
- Karana Balava until 05:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
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. 03:54 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:21 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:21 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:24 Pisces
- 04:24 – 06:02 Aries
- 06:02 – 07:59 Taurus
- 07:59 – 10:13 Gemini
- 10:13 – 12:31 Cancer
- 12:31 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 16:58 Virgo
- 16:58 – 19:14 Libra
- 19:14 – 21:31 Scorpio
- 21:31 – 23:36 Sagittarius
- 23:36 – 01:21 next day Capricorn
- 01:21 – 02:52 next day Aquarius
- 02:52 – 04:20 next day Pisces
- 04:20 – 05:20 next day Aries
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