Varanasi panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 00:40 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- 05:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:35 to 05:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:27
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:03 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 16:36
- Karana Kaulava until 05:27, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:36 – 17:32 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:12 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 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:07 Aries
- 05:07 – 07:04 Taurus
- 07:04 – 09:18 Gemini
- 09:18 – 11:36 Cancer
- 11:36 – 13:50 Leo
- 13:50 – 16:03 Virgo
- 16:03 – 18:19 Libra
- 18:19 – 20:36 Scorpio
- 20:36 – 22:41 Sagittarius
- 22:41 – 00:26 next day Capricorn
- 00:26 – 01:56 next day Aquarius
- 01:56 – 03:25 next day Pisces
- 03:25 – 05:03 next day Aries
- 05:03 – 05:12 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