Varanasi panchang, 16 May 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 00:09 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:55
- 12:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:35 to 05:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:27 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:01 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 15:35
- Karana Balava until 16:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:55
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:13 – 02:01 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:01 – 05:13 next day
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 – 04:30
- 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 18:35 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:13 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Char | 08:34 – 10:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:35 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:11 Aries
- 05:11 – 07:08 Taurus
- 07:08 – 09:22 Gemini
- 09:22 – 11:40 Cancer
- 11:40 – 13:54 Leo
- 13:54 – 16:07 Virgo
- 16:07 – 18:23 Libra
- 18:23 – 20:40 Scorpio
- 20:40 – 22:45 Sagittarius
- 22:45 – 00:30 next day Capricorn
- 00:30 – 02:00 next day Aquarius
- 02:00 – 03:29 next day Pisces
- 03:29 – 05:07 next day Aries
- 05:07 – 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