Varanasi panchang, 18 May 2028
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 01:10 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:12 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:55
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:36 to 05:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:12 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:53 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:32
- Karana Gara until 07:56, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:12 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:32 – 18:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:06 – 01:12 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:12 – 10:11 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. 03:47 – 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 18:36 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:56 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:36 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:55 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:12 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
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:03 Aries
- 05:03 – 07:00 Taurus
- 07:00 – 09:14 Gemini
- 09:14 – 11:32 Cancer
- 11:32 – 13:46 Leo
- 13:46 – 15:59 Virgo
- 15:59 – 18:15 Libra
- 18:15 – 20:32 Scorpio
- 20:32 – 22:37 Sagittarius
- 22:37 – 00:22 next day Capricorn
- 00:22 – 01:53 next day Aquarius
- 01:53 – 03:21 next day Pisces
- 03:21 – 04:59 next day Aries
- 04:59 – 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