Varanasi panchang, 7 June 2028
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 19:07 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 18:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:39
- 11:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:38 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:45 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:48 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:52 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 11:38
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:48 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 00:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:38, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:48 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:52 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:39
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) 11:29 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 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
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 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 – 05:42 Taurus
- 05:42 – 07:56 Gemini
- 07:56 – 10:13 Cancer
- 10:13 – 12:27 Leo
- 12:27 – 14:40 Virgo
- 14:40 – 16:57 Libra
- 16:57 – 19:14 Scorpio
- 19:14 – 21:18 Sagittarius
- 21:18 – 23:03 Capricorn
- 23:03 – 00:34 next day Aquarius
- 00:34 – 02:02 next day Pisces
- 02:02 – 03:41 next day Aries
- 03:41 – 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