Varanasi panchang, 20 May 2028
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 02:10 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:11 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 05:11 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:16
- 10:21 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 12:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:21 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 18:37
- Karana Balava until 12:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:21 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:11 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:21 – 05:11 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 – 04:29
- 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 18:37 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:11 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:33 | Good |
| Rog | 08:33 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:37 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:11 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
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:55 Aries
- 04:55 – 06:52 Taurus
- 06:52 – 09:06 Gemini
- 09:06 – 11:24 Cancer
- 11:24 – 13:38 Leo
- 13:38 – 15:51 Virgo
- 15:51 – 18:07 Libra
- 18:07 – 20:24 Scorpio
- 20:24 – 22:29 Sagittarius
- 22:29 – 00:14 next day Capricorn
- 00:14 – 01:45 next day Aquarius
- 01:45 – 03:13 next day Pisces
- 03:13 – 04:51 next day Aries
- 04:51 – 05:11 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