Varanasi panchang, 28 May 2028
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 08:43 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:41
- 06:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:06 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:41 to 05:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:29 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:16 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 07:06
- Karana Vishti until 08:22, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:06 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:29 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:33 – 08:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:41
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:48 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:09 – 05:47
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. 03:45 – 04:27
- 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 18:41 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:09 – 12:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:16 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:50 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 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
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:24 Aries
- 04:24 – 06:21 Taurus
- 06:21 – 08:35 Gemini
- 08:35 – 10:53 Cancer
- 10:53 – 13:07 Leo
- 13:07 – 15:19 Virgo
- 15:19 – 17:36 Libra
- 17:36 – 19:53 Scorpio
- 19:53 – 21:58 Sagittarius
- 21:58 – 23:42 Capricorn
- 23:42 – 01:13 next day Aquarius
- 01:13 – 02:42 next day Pisces
- 02:42 – 04:20 next day Aries
- 04:20 – 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