Varanasi panchang, 12 May 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 22:11 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:55 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:53
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:22 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:33 to 05:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:08
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 14:22
- Karana Bava until 09:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:22 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:53
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. 03:49 – 04:32
- 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 18:33 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:15 – 06:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:33 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:53 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:27 Aries
- 05:27 – 07:24 Taurus
- 07:24 – 09:38 Gemini
- 09:38 – 11:56 Cancer
- 11:56 – 14:09 Leo
- 14:09 – 16:22 Virgo
- 16:22 – 18:39 Libra
- 18:39 – 20:56 Scorpio
- 20:56 – 23:00 Sagittarius
- 23:00 – 00:45 next day Capricorn
- 00:45 – 02:16 next day Aquarius
- 02:16 – 03:45 next day Pisces
- 03:45 – 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