Varanasi panchang, 21 June 2028
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 03:25 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:42
- 14:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:50 to 05:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:38 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 23:20
- Karana Vishti until 14:17, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:14 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:20 – 01:44 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 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:14 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:47 Taurus
- 04:47 – 07:01 Gemini
- 07:01 – 09:18 Cancer
- 09:18 – 11:32 Leo
- 11:32 – 13:45 Virgo
- 13:45 – 16:02 Libra
- 16:02 – 18:19 Scorpio
- 18:19 – 20:23 Sagittarius
- 20:23 – 22:08 Capricorn
- 22:08 – 23:39 Aquarius
- 23:39 – 01:07 next day Pisces
- 01:07 – 02:46 next day Aries
- 02:46 – 04:43 next day Taurus
- 04:43 – 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