Varanasi panchang, 2 August 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 16:39 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 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:06 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:43
- 09:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:41 to 05:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 09:24
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:31 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:02
- Karana Balava until 09:24, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:02 – 17:14
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:41 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:26 – 09:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:31 – 22:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:06 – 05:27 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 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:15 Gemini
- 04:15 – 06:33 Cancer
- 06:33 – 08:47 Leo
- 08:47 – 11:00 Virgo
- 11:00 – 13:16 Libra
- 13:16 – 15:33 Scorpio
- 15:33 – 17:38 Sagittarius
- 17:38 – 19:23 Capricorn
- 19:23 – 20:54 Aquarius
- 20:54 – 22:22 Pisces
- 22:22 – 00:00 next day Aries
- 00:00 – 01:58 next day Taurus
- 01:58 – 04:11 next day Gemini
- 04:11 – 05:27 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