Varanasi panchang, 3 August 2028
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 17:24 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:27 – 07:06
- Gulika Kalam 08:45 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:02
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:57 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:40 to 05:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:48 Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:25
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 15:57
- Karana Taitila until 10:25, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:57 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:48 Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:02
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. 04:01 – 04:44
- 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 18:40 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:18 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:06 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:45 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:40 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:01 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:27 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
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:11 Gemini
- 04:11 – 06:29 Cancer
- 06:29 – 08:43 Leo
- 08:43 – 10:56 Virgo
- 10:56 – 13:13 Libra
- 13:13 – 15:29 Scorpio
- 15:29 – 17:34 Sagittarius
- 17:34 – 19:19 Capricorn
- 19:19 – 20:50 Aquarius
- 20:50 – 22:18 Pisces
- 22:18 – 23:56 Aries
- 23:56 – 01:54 next day Taurus
- 01:54 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 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