Varanasi panchang, 1 July 2028
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 13:54 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:12 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:12 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:26
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:51 to 05:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 01:14 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 15:47
- Karana Taitila until 13:58, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:12 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:26
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:12 – 08:34
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. 03:49 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:29
- 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 05:12 – 05:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:34 – 05:12 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:34 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:12 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
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:07 Taurus
- 04:07 – 06:21 Gemini
- 06:21 – 08:39 Cancer
- 08:39 – 10:53 Leo
- 10:53 – 13:06 Virgo
- 13:06 – 15:22 Libra
- 15:22 – 17:39 Scorpio
- 17:39 – 19:44 Sagittarius
- 19:44 – 21:29 Capricorn
- 21:29 – 23:00 Aquarius
- 23:00 – 00:28 next day Pisces
- 00:28 – 02:06 next day Aries
- 02:06 – 04:03 next day Taurus
- 04:03 – 05:12 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