Varanasi panchang, 9 August 2028
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 20:41 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 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:41
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:36 to 05:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:16
- Karana Bava until 09:43, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:41
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:36 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:30 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 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:06 Cancer
- 06:06 – 08:20 Leo
- 08:20 – 10:32 Virgo
- 10:32 – 12:49 Libra
- 12:49 – 15:06 Scorpio
- 15:06 – 17:11 Sagittarius
- 17:11 – 18:55 Capricorn
- 18:55 – 20:26 Aquarius
- 20:26 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 05:30 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