Varanasi panchang, 8 June 2028
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 20:01 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 18:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:08 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:02
- 11:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:46 to 05:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 11:20
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:32 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 23:53
- Karana Kaulava until 11:20, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:02
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 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 18:46 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:04 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:38 Taurus
- 05:38 – 07:52 Gemini
- 07:52 – 10:09 Cancer
- 10:09 – 12:23 Leo
- 12:23 – 14:36 Virgo
- 14:36 – 16:53 Libra
- 16:53 – 19:10 Scorpio
- 19:10 – 21:14 Sagittarius
- 21:14 – 22:59 Capricorn
- 22:59 – 00:30 next day Aquarius
- 00:30 – 01:58 next day Pisces
- 01:58 – 03:37 next day Aries
- 03:37 – 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