Varanasi panchang, 6 July 2028
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 18:42 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:14 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:46 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 08:36 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:51 to 05:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:40 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 23:40
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 08:36
- Karana Vishti until 11:18, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:36 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:40 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:46 – 10:41
- Rahu 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. 03:51 – 04:32
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:14 – 09:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:14 – 23:40
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:14 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 06:02 Gemini
- 06:02 – 08:19 Cancer
- 08:19 – 10:33 Leo
- 10:33 – 12:46 Virgo
- 12:46 – 15:03 Libra
- 15:03 – 17:20 Scorpio
- 17:20 – 19:24 Sagittarius
- 19:24 – 21:09 Capricorn
- 21:09 – 22:40 Aquarius
- 22:40 – 00:08 next day Pisces
- 00:08 – 01:47 next day Aries
- 01:47 – 03:44 next day Taurus
- 03:44 – 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