Varanasi panchang, 21 July 2028
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 04:10 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 18:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 17:06
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:47 to 05:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:20 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 11:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 01:34 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 11:18, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:20 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:34 – 02:46 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:49 – 05:21 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 18:47 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:20 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:03 Gemini
- 05:03 – 07:20 Cancer
- 07:20 – 09:34 Leo
- 09:34 – 11:47 Virgo
- 11:47 – 14:04 Libra
- 14:04 – 16:21 Scorpio
- 16:21 – 18:25 Sagittarius
- 18:25 – 20:10 Capricorn
- 20:10 – 21:41 Aquarius
- 21:41 – 23:09 Pisces
- 23:09 – 00:48 next day Aries
- 00:48 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 04:59 next day Gemini
- 04:59 – 05:21 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