Varanasi panchang, 3 July 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 15:59 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:55 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 11:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:51 to 05:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:17
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:53
- Karana Bava until 11:37, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 11:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
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. 03:50 – 04:31
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:35 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:13 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:37 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Char | 18:51 – 20:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:59 Taurus
- 03:59 – 06:13 Gemini
- 06:13 – 08:31 Cancer
- 08:31 – 10:45 Leo
- 10:45 – 12:58 Virgo
- 12:58 – 15:14 Libra
- 15:14 – 17:31 Scorpio
- 17:31 – 19:36 Sagittarius
- 19:36 – 21:21 Capricorn
- 21:21 – 22:52 Aquarius
- 22:52 – 00:20 next day Pisces
- 00:20 – 01:58 next day Aries
- 01:58 – 03:56 next day Taurus
- 03:56 – 05:13 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