Varanasi panchang, 10 July 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 21:10 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:50 to 05:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:34 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 09:22
- Karana Bava until 17:24, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:27
- 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. 03:52 – 04:34
- 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
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:50 | Good |
| Char | 18:50 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:16 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:46 Gemini
- 05:46 – 08:04 Cancer
- 08:04 – 10:18 Leo
- 10:18 – 12:30 Virgo
- 12:30 – 14:47 Libra
- 14:47 – 17:04 Scorpio
- 17:04 – 19:09 Sagittarius
- 19:09 – 20:53 Capricorn
- 20:53 – 22:24 Aquarius
- 22:24 – 23:53 Pisces
- 23:53 – 01:31 next day Aries
- 01:31 – 03:28 next day Taurus
- 03:28 – 05:16 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