Varanasi panchang, 7 July 2028
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 19:26 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:27 – 17:09
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:09 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:51 to 05:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:46 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 08:16
- Karana Balava until 12:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:09 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:16 – 08:18 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 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. 03:51 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:30
- 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 05:14 – 00:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:14 – 06:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:27 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:58 Gemini
- 05:58 – 08:15 Cancer
- 08:15 – 10:29 Leo
- 10:29 – 12:42 Virgo
- 12:42 – 14:59 Libra
- 14:59 – 17:16 Scorpio
- 17:16 – 19:20 Sagittarius
- 19:20 – 21:05 Capricorn
- 21:05 – 22:36 Aquarius
- 22:36 – 00:04 next day Pisces
- 00:04 – 01:43 next day Aries
- 01:43 – 03:40 next day Taurus
- 03:40 – 05:15 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