Varanasi panchang, 5 July 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 17:53 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:44
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:13 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:57 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:51 to 05:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:04 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:04
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:13 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 09:20
- Karana Gara until 10:57, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:13 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:04 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:44
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 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 08:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:22 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:14 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 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:52 Taurus
- 03:52 – 06:06 Gemini
- 06:06 – 08:23 Cancer
- 08:23 – 10:37 Leo
- 10:37 – 12:50 Virgo
- 12:50 – 15:07 Libra
- 15:07 – 17:23 Scorpio
- 17:23 – 19:28 Sagittarius
- 19:28 – 21:13 Capricorn
- 21:13 – 22:44 Aquarius
- 22:44 – 00:12 next day Pisces
- 00:12 – 01:50 next day Aries
- 01:50 – 03:48 next day Taurus
- 03:48 – 05:14 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