Varanasi panchang, 21 May 2028
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 02:42 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:37
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:18 Moon enters Aries
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 13:19
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:19, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:18 Moon enters Aries
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:37
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. 03:46 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:18 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:52 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 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 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:51 Aries
- 04:51 – 06:49 Taurus
- 06:49 – 09:02 Gemini
- 09:02 – 11:20 Cancer
- 11:20 – 13:34 Leo
- 13:34 – 15:47 Virgo
- 15:47 – 18:03 Libra
- 18:03 – 20:20 Scorpio
- 20:20 – 22:25 Sagittarius
- 22:25 – 00:10 next day Capricorn
- 00:10 – 01:41 next day Aquarius
- 01:41 – 03:09 next day Pisces
- 03:09 – 04:47 next day Aries
- 04:47 – 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