Varanasi panchang, 20 July 2028
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 03:05 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:20 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:42 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:06
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:48 to 05:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:37
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:36
- Karana Vanija until 13:37, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 07:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:36 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:06
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:20 – 08:08
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:08 – 05:20 next day
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. 03:56 – 04:38
- 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 18:48 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:20 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:42 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:07 Gemini
- 05:07 – 07:24 Cancer
- 07:24 – 09:38 Leo
- 09:38 – 11:51 Virgo
- 11:51 – 14:08 Libra
- 14:08 – 16:25 Scorpio
- 16:25 – 18:29 Sagittarius
- 18:29 – 20:14 Capricorn
- 20:14 – 21:45 Aquarius
- 21:45 – 23:13 Pisces
- 23:13 – 00:52 next day Aries
- 00:52 – 02:49 next day Taurus
- 02:49 – 05:03 next day Gemini
- 05:03 – 05:20 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