Varanasi panchang, 20 June 2028
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 02:35 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 17:07
- 05:27 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:10 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:50 to 05:09 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:48 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 01:16 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:10, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:27 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:07
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:16 – 03:16 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. 03:46 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 23:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:09 – 02:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Char | 08:34 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 17:07 | Good |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:50 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:09 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
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:51 Taurus
- 04:51 – 07:04 Gemini
- 07:04 – 09:22 Cancer
- 09:22 – 11:36 Leo
- 11:36 – 13:49 Virgo
- 13:49 – 16:05 Libra
- 16:05 – 18:22 Scorpio
- 18:22 – 20:27 Sagittarius
- 20:27 – 22:12 Capricorn
- 22:12 – 23:43 Aquarius
- 23:43 – 01:11 next day Pisces
- 01:11 – 02:49 next day Aries
- 02:49 – 04:47 next day Taurus
- 04:47 – 05:09 next day Gemini
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