Varanasi panchang, 14 May 2028
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 23:34 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:34
- 11:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:34 to 05:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 00:49 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 20:21 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 14:07
- Karana Gara until 11:55, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:21 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:34
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:35 – 18:48
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 – 04:31
- 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 18:34 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:21 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:54 – 08:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:34 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:19 Aries
- 05:19 – 07:16 Taurus
- 07:16 – 09:30 Gemini
- 09:30 – 11:48 Cancer
- 11:48 – 14:02 Leo
- 14:02 – 16:14 Virgo
- 16:14 – 18:31 Libra
- 18:31 – 20:48 Scorpio
- 20:48 – 22:53 Sagittarius
- 22:53 – 00:37 next day Capricorn
- 00:37 – 02:08 next day Aquarius
- 02:08 – 03:37 next day Pisces
- 03:37 – 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