Varanasi panchang, 14 July 2028
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 23:11 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:59 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:08
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:49 to 05:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:05 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 13:31
- Nakshatra Revati until 05:05 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:58
- Karana Bava until 13:31, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:05 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:08
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. 03:53 – 04:35
- 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 18:49 – 20:55
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:17 – 05:05 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:17 – 05:05 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:05 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:17 – 06:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:59 – 05:18 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
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:30 Gemini
- 05:30 – 07:48 Cancer
- 07:48 – 10:02 Leo
- 10:02 – 12:15 Virgo
- 12:15 – 14:31 Libra
- 14:31 – 16:48 Scorpio
- 16:48 – 18:53 Sagittarius
- 18:53 – 20:38 Capricorn
- 20:38 – 22:08 Aquarius
- 22:08 – 23:37 Pisces
- 23:37 – 01:15 next day Aries
- 01:15 – 03:12 next day Taurus
- 03:12 – 05:18 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