Varanasi panchang, 10 May 2028
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 20:23 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:32 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:21 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:21
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 16:56
- Karana Taitila until 10:51, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
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. 03:50 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:32 – 20:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:16 – 15:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 15:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 22:21
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 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
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:56 Pisces
- 03:56 – 05:35 Aries
- 05:35 – 07:32 Taurus
- 07:32 – 09:46 Gemini
- 09:46 – 12:03 Cancer
- 12:03 – 14:17 Leo
- 14:17 – 16:30 Virgo
- 16:30 – 18:47 Libra
- 18:47 – 21:04 Scorpio
- 21:04 – 23:08 Sagittarius
- 23:08 – 00:53 next day Capricorn
- 00:53 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 03:52 next day Pisces
- 03:52 – 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