Varanasi panchang, 8 May 2028
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 18:16 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 10:15 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:52
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:31 to 05:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:18 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:40
- Karana Vishti until 14:23, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:52
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. 03:51 – 04:34
- 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 18:31 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:15 | Good |
| Rog | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:31 | Good |
| Char | 18:31 – 19:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:15 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:04 Pisces
- 04:04 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 07:40 Taurus
- 07:40 – 09:54 Gemini
- 09:54 – 12:11 Cancer
- 12:11 – 14:25 Leo
- 14:25 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:55 Libra
- 18:55 – 21:12 Scorpio
- 21:12 – 23:16 Sagittarius
- 23:16 – 01:01 next day Capricorn
- 01:01 – 02:32 next day Aquarius
- 02:32 – 04:00 next day Pisces
- 04:00 – 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