Varanasi panchang, 6 August 2028
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 19:11 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:38
- 11:18 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:38 to 05:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:45
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:42 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:26
- Karana Kaulava until 15:45, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:18 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:38
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. 04:02 – 04:45
- 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 18:38 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:07 – 08:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:07 – 05:29 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
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:17 Cancer
- 06:17 – 08:31 Leo
- 08:31 – 10:44 Virgo
- 10:44 – 13:01 Libra
- 13:01 – 15:18 Scorpio
- 15:18 – 17:22 Sagittarius
- 17:22 – 19:07 Capricorn
- 19:07 – 20:38 Aquarius
- 20:38 – 22:06 Pisces
- 22:06 – 23:45 Aries
- 23:45 – 01:42 next day Taurus
- 01:42 – 03:56 next day Gemini
- 03:56 – 05:29 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