Varanasi panchang, 30 May 2028
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 10:51 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:42- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:19 – 17:00
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:46 Moon enters Leo
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:42 to 05:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 02:12 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:57
- Karana Gara until 15:18, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:46 Moon enters Leo
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 17:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:12 – 13:06 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 18:42 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 09:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 09:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:12 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Char | 08:32 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 17:00 | Good |
| Rog | 17:00 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:42 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:00 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:16 Aries
- 04:16 – 06:13 Taurus
- 06:13 – 08:27 Gemini
- 08:27 – 10:45 Cancer
- 10:45 – 12:59 Leo
- 12:59 – 15:12 Virgo
- 15:12 – 17:28 Libra
- 17:28 – 19:45 Scorpio
- 19:45 – 21:50 Sagittarius
- 21:50 – 23:35 Capricorn
- 23:35 – 01:05 next day Aquarius
- 01:05 – 02:34 next day Pisces
- 02:34 – 04:12 next day Aries
- 04:12 – 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