Varanasi panchang, 13 May 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 22:55 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:15 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:15 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:14
- 10:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:33 to 05:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:40 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 23:09
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:58
- Karana Kaulava until 10:33, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:40 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:15 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:14
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
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:20 Taurus
- 07:20 – 09:34 Gemini
- 09:34 – 11:52 Cancer
- 11:52 – 14:06 Leo
- 14:06 – 16:18 Virgo
- 16:18 – 18:35 Libra
- 18:35 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 22:57 Sagittarius
- 22:57 – 00:41 next day Capricorn
- 00:41 – 02:12 next day Aquarius
- 02:12 – 03:41 next day Pisces
- 03:41 – 05:14 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