Varanasi panchang, 23 June 2028
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 05:24 Ashadha 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 17:08
- 10:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:50 to 05:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:52 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:52
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:18
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:57, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:52 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:47 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:49 – 22:45
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. 03:47 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:09 – 21:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:05 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:09 – 06:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:52 – 05:10 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 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:39 Taurus
- 04:39 – 06:53 Gemini
- 06:53 – 09:10 Cancer
- 09:10 – 11:24 Leo
- 11:24 – 13:37 Virgo
- 13:37 – 15:54 Libra
- 15:54 – 18:11 Scorpio
- 18:11 – 20:15 Sagittarius
- 20:15 – 22:00 Capricorn
- 22:00 – 23:31 Aquarius
- 23:31 – 00:59 next day Pisces
- 00:59 – 02:38 next day Aries
- 02:38 – 04:35 next day Taurus
- 04:35 – 05:10 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