Varanasi panchang, 17 July 2028
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 00:27 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:00 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:49 to 05:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:46
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 12:49
- Karana Vishti until 16:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:25
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:49 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- 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. 03:55 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:19 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:49 | Good |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:18 Gemini
- 05:18 – 07:36 Cancer
- 07:36 – 09:50 Leo
- 09:50 – 12:03 Virgo
- 12:03 – 14:19 Libra
- 14:19 – 16:36 Scorpio
- 16:36 – 18:41 Sagittarius
- 18:41 – 20:26 Capricorn
- 20:26 – 21:57 Aquarius
- 21:57 – 23:25 Pisces
- 23:25 – 01:03 next day Aries
- 01:03 – 03:00 next day Taurus
- 03:00 – 05:14 next day Gemini
- 05:14 – 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