Varanasi panchang, 8 August 2028
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 20:11 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:37- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 08:46 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:20 – 16:58
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:37 to 05:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:54 Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:30
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:39 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:17
- Karana Vanija until 07:16, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:54 Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:16 – 20:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:58
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:29 – 05:29 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. 04:02 – 04:46
- 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 18:37 – 20:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:29 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Char | 08:46 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:20 – 16:58 | Good |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:37 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:20 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:46 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:29 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
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:10 Cancer
- 06:10 – 08:23 Leo
- 08:23 – 10:36 Virgo
- 10:36 – 12:53 Libra
- 12:53 – 15:10 Scorpio
- 15:10 – 17:14 Sagittarius
- 17:14 – 18:59 Capricorn
- 18:59 – 20:30 Aquarius
- 20:30 – 21:59 Pisces
- 21:59 – 23:37 Aries
- 23:37 – 01:34 next day Taurus
- 01:34 – 03:48 next day Gemini
- 03:48 – 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