Varanasi panchang, 9 May 2028
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 19:20 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 16:52
- 10:46 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:31 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:31 to 05:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:32 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:32
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:31 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 19:04
- Karana Balava until 12:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:46 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:31 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:04 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:32 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:52
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:04 – 06:00 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. 03:51 – 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
| Rog | 05:17 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Char | 08:35 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 16:52 | Good |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:31 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:52 – 21:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:00 Pisces
- 04:00 – 05:39 Aries
- 05:39 – 07:36 Taurus
- 07:36 – 09:50 Gemini
- 09:50 – 12:07 Cancer
- 12:07 – 14:21 Leo
- 14:21 – 16:34 Virgo
- 16:34 – 18:51 Libra
- 18:51 – 21:08 Scorpio
- 21:08 – 23:12 Sagittarius
- 23:12 – 00:57 next day Capricorn
- 00:57 – 02:28 next day Aquarius
- 02:28 – 03:56 next day Pisces
- 03:56 – 05:16 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