Varanasi panchang, 9 June 2028
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 20:48 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 17:04
- 11:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 11:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:46 to 05:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 11:37
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 02:52 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 23:23
- Karana Gara until 11:37, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 11:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:23 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:04
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:45 – 19:53
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) 11:30 – 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
| Char | 05:08 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:04 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:34 Taurus
- 05:34 – 07:48 Gemini
- 07:48 – 10:05 Cancer
- 10:05 – 12:19 Leo
- 12:19 – 14:32 Virgo
- 14:32 – 16:49 Libra
- 16:49 – 19:06 Scorpio
- 19:06 – 21:10 Sagittarius
- 21:10 – 22:55 Capricorn
- 22:55 – 00:26 next day Aquarius
- 00:26 – 01:54 next day Pisces
- 01:54 – 03:33 next day Aries
- 03:33 – 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