Varanasi panchang, 26 July 2028
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 09:41 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:44
- 06:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:45 to 05:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:58 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:12 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 07:17
- Karana Bava until 06:12, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:58 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:44
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. 03:58 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:45 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:12 – 05:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:12 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:23 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:23 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
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:43 Gemini
- 04:43 – 07:01 Cancer
- 07:01 – 09:15 Leo
- 09:15 – 11:27 Virgo
- 11:27 – 13:44 Libra
- 13:44 – 16:01 Scorpio
- 16:01 – 18:06 Sagittarius
- 18:06 – 19:50 Capricorn
- 19:50 – 21:21 Aquarius
- 21:21 – 22:50 Pisces
- 22:50 – 00:28 next day Aries
- 00:28 – 02:25 next day Taurus
- 02:25 – 04:39 next day Gemini
- 04:39 – 05:23 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