Varanasi panchang, 23 May 2028
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 03:58 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:57
- 14:10 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:10 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:38 to 05:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 14:10
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 17:04
- Karana Shakuni until 14:10, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:10 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:10 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:04 – 19:28
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 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:30 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Char | 08:32 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:38 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:57 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:43 Aries
- 04:43 – 06:41 Taurus
- 06:41 – 08:55 Gemini
- 08:55 – 11:12 Cancer
- 11:12 – 13:26 Leo
- 13:26 – 15:39 Virgo
- 15:39 – 17:56 Libra
- 17:56 – 20:13 Scorpio
- 20:13 – 22:17 Sagittarius
- 22:17 – 00:02 next day Capricorn
- 00:02 – 01:33 next day Aquarius
- 01:33 – 03:01 next day Pisces
- 03:01 – 04:40 next day Aries
- 04:40 – 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