Varanasi panchang, 31 May 2028
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 11:53 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:37
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:42 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:59 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:59
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 20:06
- Karana Vishti until 13:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:59 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:12 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:06 – 21:18
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 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:12 Aries
- 04:12 – 06:09 Taurus
- 06:09 – 08:23 Gemini
- 08:23 – 10:41 Cancer
- 10:41 – 12:55 Leo
- 12:55 – 15:08 Virgo
- 15:08 – 17:24 Libra
- 17:24 – 19:41 Scorpio
- 19:41 – 21:46 Sagittarius
- 21:46 – 23:31 Capricorn
- 23:31 – 01:01 next day Aquarius
- 01:01 – 02:30 next day Pisces
- 02:30 – 04:08 next day Aries
- 04:08 – 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