Varanasi panchang, 15 July 2028
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 23:47 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:18 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 05:18 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:26
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:49 to 05:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:05 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:24
- Karana Kaulava until 15:14, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:18 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
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. 03:54 – 04:36
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:14 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:18 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:41 | Good |
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:26 Gemini
- 05:26 – 07:44 Cancer
- 07:44 – 09:58 Leo
- 09:58 – 12:11 Virgo
- 12:11 – 14:27 Libra
- 14:27 – 16:44 Scorpio
- 16:44 – 18:49 Sagittarius
- 18:49 – 20:34 Capricorn
- 20:34 – 22:04 Aquarius
- 22:04 – 23:33 Pisces
- 23:33 – 01:11 next day Aries
- 01:11 – 03:08 next day Taurus
- 03:08 – 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