Varanasi panchang, 22 July 2028
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 05:18 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:21 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:21 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:25
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:47 to 05:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:31
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:35 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 22:03
- Karana Naga until 08:31, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:21 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:21 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:25
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 – 04:39
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:21 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:42 | Good |
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:21 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
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:59 Gemini
- 04:59 – 07:16 Cancer
- 07:16 – 09:30 Leo
- 09:30 – 11:43 Virgo
- 11:43 – 14:00 Libra
- 14:00 – 16:17 Scorpio
- 16:17 – 18:21 Sagittarius
- 18:21 – 20:06 Capricorn
- 20:06 – 21:37 Aquarius
- 21:37 – 23:05 Pisces
- 23:05 – 00:44 next day Aries
- 00:44 – 02:41 next day Taurus
- 02:41 – 04:55 next day Gemini
- 04:55 – 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