Varanasi panchang, 8 July 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 20:04 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:15 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 05:15 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:27
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:51 to 05:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:20 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:18
- Karana Taitila until 13:30, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:15 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 07:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:18 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:27
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:39 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:54 Gemini
- 05:54 – 08:11 Cancer
- 08:11 – 10:25 Leo
- 10:25 – 12:38 Virgo
- 12:38 – 14:55 Libra
- 14:55 – 17:12 Scorpio
- 17:12 – 19:16 Sagittarius
- 19:16 – 21:01 Capricorn
- 21:01 – 22:32 Aquarius
- 22:32 – 00:00 next day Pisces
- 00:00 – 01:39 next day Aries
- 01:39 – 03:36 next day Taurus
- 03:36 – 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