Varanasi panchang, 23 July 2028
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 06:26 Shravana 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 18:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:46
- 05:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:46 to 05:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:10 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:26
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:10 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:21
- Karana Bava until 05:26, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:10 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:21 – 14:34 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. 03:57 – 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 18:46 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:21 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:02 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:22 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 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:55 Gemini
- 04:55 – 07:12 Cancer
- 07:12 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 11:39 Virgo
- 11:39 – 13:56 Libra
- 13:56 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:17 Sagittarius
- 18:17 – 20:02 Capricorn
- 20:02 – 21:33 Aquarius
- 21:33 – 23:01 Pisces
- 23:01 – 00:40 next day Aries
- 00:40 – 02:37 next day Taurus
- 02:37 – 04:51 next day Gemini
- 04:51 – 05:22 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