Varanasi panchang, 24 June 2028
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 06:30 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:10 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 05:10 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:25
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:55 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:50 to 05:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:30 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 19:29
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 19:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 15:21
- Karana Balava until 08:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:55 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:30 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:10 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:21 – 18:57
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) 11:33 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:10 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:35 | Good |
| Rog | 08:35 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:35 Taurus
- 04:35 – 06:49 Gemini
- 06:49 – 09:06 Cancer
- 09:06 – 11:20 Leo
- 11:20 – 13:33 Virgo
- 13:33 – 15:50 Libra
- 15:50 – 18:07 Scorpio
- 18:07 – 20:11 Sagittarius
- 20:11 – 21:56 Capricorn
- 21:56 – 23:27 Aquarius
- 23:27 – 00:55 next day Pisces
- 00:55 – 02:34 next day Aries
- 02:34 – 04:31 next day Taurus
- 04:31 – 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