Varanasi panchang, 31 July 2028
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 14:52 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:05 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:03
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:42 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:49
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 13:22 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 17:18
- Karana Gara until 08:49, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:03
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. 04:00 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 13:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 13:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:25 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:42 | Good |
| Char | 18:42 – 20:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:23 Gemini
- 04:23 – 06:41 Cancer
- 06:41 – 08:55 Leo
- 08:55 – 11:08 Virgo
- 11:08 – 13:24 Libra
- 13:24 – 15:41 Scorpio
- 15:41 – 17:46 Sagittarius
- 17:46 – 19:31 Capricorn
- 19:31 – 21:02 Aquarius
- 21:02 – 22:30 Pisces
- 22:30 – 00:08 next day Aries
- 00:08 – 02:05 next day Taurus
- 02:05 – 04:19 next day Gemini
- 04:19 – 05:26 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