Varanasi panchang, 29 May 2028
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 09:47 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:50 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:59
- 06:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:25 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:41 to 05:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:26
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:05 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:46 next day
- Karana Balava until 06:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:46 – 05:22 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. 03:45 – 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 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 11:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:05 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:41 | Good |
| Char | 18:41 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:20 Aries
- 04:20 – 06:17 Taurus
- 06:17 – 08:31 Gemini
- 08:31 – 10:49 Cancer
- 10:49 – 13:03 Leo
- 13:03 – 15:15 Virgo
- 15:15 – 17:32 Libra
- 17:32 – 19:49 Scorpio
- 19:49 – 21:54 Sagittarius
- 21:54 – 23:38 Capricorn
- 23:38 – 01:09 next day Aquarius
- 01:09 – 02:38 next day Pisces
- 02:38 – 04:16 next day Aries
- 04:16 – 05:08 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