Varanasi panchang, 10 August 2028
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 21:12 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:30 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:58
- 09:36 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:35 to 05:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:36 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:09
- Karana Kaulava until 12:06, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:36 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:09 – 23:09
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. 04:03 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:30 – 01:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:36 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:08 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:08 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 10:28 Virgo
- 10:28 – 12:45 Libra
- 12:45 – 15:02 Scorpio
- 15:02 – 17:07 Sagittarius
- 17:07 – 18:51 Capricorn
- 18:51 – 20:22 Aquarius
- 20:22 – 21:51 Pisces
- 21:51 – 23:29 Aries
- 23:29 – 01:26 next day Taurus
- 01:26 – 03:40 next day Gemini
- 03:40 – 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