Varanasi panchang, 4 July 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 16:58 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:09
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 11:04 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:51 to 05:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:57
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:41 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 10:26
- Karana Kaulava until 11:04, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 11:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:09
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) 11:35 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:13 – 22:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:41 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:55 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Char | 08:37 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:09 | Good |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:56 Taurus
- 03:56 – 06:09 Gemini
- 06:09 – 08:27 Cancer
- 08:27 – 10:41 Leo
- 10:41 – 12:54 Virgo
- 12:54 – 15:10 Libra
- 15:10 – 17:27 Scorpio
- 17:27 – 19:32 Sagittarius
- 19:32 – 21:17 Capricorn
- 21:17 – 22:48 Aquarius
- 22:48 – 00:16 next day Pisces
- 00:16 – 01:54 next day Aries
- 01:54 – 03:52 next day Taurus
- 03:52 – 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