Varanasi panchang, 7 August 2028
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 19:42 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:07 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 16:00
- 18:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:38 to 05:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 18:04
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:38 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 18:19
- Karana Gara until 18:04, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 18:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:19 – 20:43
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 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:07 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:59 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 19:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:08 – 05:29 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
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:13 Cancer
- 06:13 – 08:27 Leo
- 08:27 – 10:40 Virgo
- 10:40 – 12:57 Libra
- 12:57 – 15:14 Scorpio
- 15:14 – 17:18 Sagittarius
- 17:18 – 19:03 Capricorn
- 19:03 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 22:02 Pisces
- 22:02 – 23:41 Aries
- 23:41 – 01:38 next day Taurus
- 01:38 – 03:52 next day Gemini
- 03:52 – 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