Varanasi panchang, 5 May 2028
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 15:02 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:50
- 06:33 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:33 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 05:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 11:33
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:27
- Karana Vishti until 11:33, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:33 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:54 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:50
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. 03:53 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:29 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:19 – 11:33
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:19 – 06:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:29 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 03:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:58 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:16 Pisces
- 04:16 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:05 Gemini
- 10:05 – 12:23 Cancer
- 12:23 – 14:37 Leo
- 14:37 – 16:50 Virgo
- 16:50 – 19:06 Libra
- 19:06 – 21:23 Scorpio
- 21:23 – 23:28 Sagittarius
- 23:28 – 01:13 next day Capricorn
- 01:13 – 02:44 next day Aquarius
- 02:44 – 04:12 next day Pisces
- 04:12 – 05:19 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