Varanasi panchang, 24 May 2028
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 04:44 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 18:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:36
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:39 to 05:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:40
- Karana Naga until 13:46, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:36
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:39 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:10 – 14:47
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:10 – 14:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:47 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:40 Aries
- 04:40 – 06:37 Taurus
- 06:37 – 08:51 Gemini
- 08:51 – 11:08 Cancer
- 11:08 – 13:22 Leo
- 13:22 – 15:35 Virgo
- 15:35 – 17:52 Libra
- 17:52 – 20:09 Scorpio
- 20:09 – 22:13 Sagittarius
- 22:13 – 23:58 Capricorn
- 23:58 – 01:29 next day Aquarius
- 01:29 – 02:57 next day Pisces
- 02:57 – 04:36 next day Aries
- 04:36 – 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