Varanasi panchang, 7 May 2028
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 17:10 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:30
- 06:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:11 Moon enters Libra
- 16:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:30 to 05:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:06
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:37 next day
- Karana Taitila until 06:06, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:11 Moon enters Libra
- 16:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:37 – 21:40 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 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:57 – 08:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:36 – 10:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:08 Pisces
- 04:08 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 07:44 Taurus
- 07:44 – 09:57 Gemini
- 09:57 – 12:15 Cancer
- 12:15 – 14:29 Leo
- 14:29 – 16:42 Virgo
- 16:42 – 18:58 Libra
- 18:58 – 21:15 Scorpio
- 21:15 – 23:20 Sagittarius
- 23:20 – 01:05 next day Capricorn
- 01:05 – 02:36 next day Aquarius
- 02:36 – 04:04 next day Pisces
- 04:04 – 05:17 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