Varanasi panchang, 9 July 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 20:38 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 18:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta 17:02 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam 17:08 – 18:50
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:50 to 05:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 04:18 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:41
- Karana Vanija until 15:16, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:02 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:08 – 18:50
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. 03:52 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:57 – 08:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:39 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:50 Gemini
- 05:50 – 08:07 Cancer
- 08:07 – 10:21 Leo
- 10:21 – 12:34 Virgo
- 12:34 – 14:51 Libra
- 14:51 – 17:08 Scorpio
- 17:08 – 19:12 Sagittarius
- 19:12 – 20:57 Capricorn
- 20:57 – 22:28 Aquarius
- 22:28 – 23:56 Pisces
- 23:56 – 01:35 next day Aries
- 01:35 – 03:32 next day Taurus
- 03:32 – 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