Varanasi panchang, 6 May 2028
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 16:05 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 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:19 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:19 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:12
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 08:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 05:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:48
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 07:07
- Karana Balava until 08:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 08:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:19 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:07 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:12
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:19 – 21:08
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:08 – 05:18 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. 03:52 – 04:35
- 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 18:30 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:08 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:19 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:12 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:18 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:12 Pisces
- 04:12 – 05:50 Aries
- 05:50 – 07:48 Taurus
- 07:48 – 10:01 Gemini
- 10:01 – 12:19 Cancer
- 12:19 – 14:33 Leo
- 14:33 – 16:46 Virgo
- 16:46 – 19:02 Libra
- 19:02 – 21:19 Scorpio
- 21:19 – 23:24 Sagittarius
- 23:24 – 01:09 next day Capricorn
- 01:09 – 02:40 next day Aquarius
- 02:40 – 04:08 next day Pisces
- 04:08 – 05:18 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