Varanasi panchang, 25 May 2028
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 05:36 Jyeshtha 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:10 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:58
- 12:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:39 to 05:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:25 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:54
- Nakshatra Rohini until 14:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:55
- Karana Bava until 12:54, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:25 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:58
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:10 – 14:38
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:38 – 05:09 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. 03:46 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:58 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:58 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:09 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
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:36 Aries
- 04:36 – 06:33 Taurus
- 06:33 – 08:47 Gemini
- 08:47 – 11:04 Cancer
- 11:04 – 13:18 Leo
- 13:18 – 15:31 Virgo
- 15:31 – 17:48 Libra
- 17:48 – 20:05 Scorpio
- 20:05 – 22:09 Sagittarius
- 22:09 – 23:54 Capricorn
- 23:54 – 01:25 next day Aquarius
- 01:25 – 02:53 next day Pisces
- 02:53 – 04:32 next day Aries
- 04:32 – 05:09 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