Varanasi panchang, 22 May 2028
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 03:18 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 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:57
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:38 to 05:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 14:02
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 13:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 18:02
- Karana Vanija until 14:02, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:57
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 – 04:28
- 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 18:38 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:10 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:47 Aries
- 04:47 – 06:45 Taurus
- 06:45 – 08:59 Gemini
- 08:59 – 11:16 Cancer
- 11:16 – 13:30 Leo
- 13:30 – 15:43 Virgo
- 15:43 – 18:00 Libra
- 18:00 – 20:16 Scorpio
- 20:16 – 22:21 Sagittarius
- 22:21 – 00:06 next day Capricorn
- 00:06 – 01:37 next day Aquarius
- 01:37 – 03:05 next day Pisces
- 03:05 – 04:43 next day Aries
- 04:43 – 05:10 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