Varanasi panchang, 15 May 2028
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:34 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:54 – 08:34
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:54
- 13:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:34 to 05:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:00 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 14:42
- Karana Vishti until 13:52, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:54
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. 03:48 – 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 – 23:02
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:14 – 23:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:14 – 23:02
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:54 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:34 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:15 Aries
- 05:15 – 07:12 Taurus
- 07:12 – 09:26 Gemini
- 09:26 – 11:44 Cancer
- 11:44 – 13:58 Leo
- 13:58 – 16:11 Virgo
- 16:11 – 18:27 Libra
- 18:27 – 20:44 Scorpio
- 20:44 – 22:49 Sagittarius
- 22:49 – 00:34 next day Capricorn
- 00:34 – 02:04 next day Aquarius
- 02:04 – 03:33 next day Pisces
- 03:33 – 05:11 next day Aries
- 05:11 – 05:13 next day Taurus
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