Varanasi panchang, 16 July 2028
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta 17:01 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam 17:08 – 18:49
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:49 to 05:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 16:21
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:23
- Karana Gara until 16:21, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:23 – 15:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:01 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:08 – 18:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:05 – 05:19 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:21 – 23:28
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 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:18 – 07:05
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:19 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 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:22 Gemini
- 05:22 – 07:40 Cancer
- 07:40 – 09:54 Leo
- 09:54 – 12:07 Virgo
- 12:07 – 14:23 Libra
- 14:23 – 16:40 Scorpio
- 16:40 – 18:45 Sagittarius
- 18:45 – 20:30 Capricorn
- 20:30 – 22:01 Aquarius
- 22:01 – 23:29 Pisces
- 23:29 – 01:07 next day Aries
- 01:07 – 03:04 next day Taurus
- 03:04 – 05:18 next day Gemini
- 05:18 – 05:19 next day Cancer
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