Varanasi panchang, 11 May 2028
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 21:20 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:16 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:53
- 10:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:32 to 05:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:52 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:52
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 15:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 15:21
- Karana Vanija until 10:01, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:52 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:53
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:55 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:35 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:32 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:53 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:52 Pisces
- 03:52 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:28 Taurus
- 07:28 – 09:42 Gemini
- 09:42 – 11:59 Cancer
- 11:59 – 14:13 Leo
- 14:13 – 16:26 Virgo
- 16:26 – 18:43 Libra
- 18:43 – 21:00 Scorpio
- 21:00 – 23:04 Sagittarius
- 23:04 – 00:49 next day Capricorn
- 00:49 – 02:20 next day Aquarius
- 02:20 – 03:48 next day Pisces
- 03:48 – 05:15 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