Varanasi panchang, 28 June 2028
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 10:48 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:43
- 09:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:59 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:51 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:08
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:23 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:39
- Karana Taitila until 09:08, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:40 – 23:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:43
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. 03:48 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 12:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:08 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:11 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
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:19 Taurus
- 04:19 – 06:33 Gemini
- 06:33 – 08:51 Cancer
- 08:51 – 11:05 Leo
- 11:05 – 13:18 Virgo
- 13:18 – 15:34 Libra
- 15:34 – 17:51 Scorpio
- 17:51 – 19:56 Sagittarius
- 19:56 – 21:41 Capricorn
- 21:41 – 23:11 Aquarius
- 23:11 – 00:40 next day Pisces
- 00:40 – 02:18 next day Aries
- 02:18 – 04:15 next day Taurus
- 04:15 – 05:11 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