Varanasi panchang, 1 August 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 15:48 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:42- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 17:02
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:12 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:28 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:42 to 05:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:51
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:12 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 16:28
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:12 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:28 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:04 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:28 – 16:02 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. 04:00 – 04:43
- 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 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:26 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:05 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Char | 08:45 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:42 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:06 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:19 Gemini
- 04:19 – 06:37 Cancer
- 06:37 – 08:51 Leo
- 08:51 – 11:04 Virgo
- 11:04 – 13:20 Libra
- 13:20 – 15:37 Scorpio
- 15:37 – 17:42 Sagittarius
- 17:42 – 19:27 Capricorn
- 19:27 – 20:58 Aquarius
- 20:58 – 22:26 Pisces
- 22:26 – 00:04 next day Aries
- 00:04 – 02:02 next day Taurus
- 02:02 – 04:15 next day Gemini
- 04:15 – 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