Varanasi panchang, 11 August 2028
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 21:45 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:57
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:22 Moon enters Aries
- 14:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:35 to 05:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:12 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 21:49
- Karana Gara until 14:16, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:22 Moon enters Aries
- 14:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:49 – 00:13 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:28 – 17:41
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. 04:03 – 04:47
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:30 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 12:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:30 – 03:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:22 – 05:31 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:22 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:30 – 07:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 10:25 Virgo
- 10:25 – 12:41 Libra
- 12:41 – 14:58 Scorpio
- 14:58 – 17:03 Sagittarius
- 17:03 – 18:48 Capricorn
- 18:48 – 20:18 Aquarius
- 20:18 – 21:47 Pisces
- 21:47 – 23:25 Aries
- 23:25 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:36 next day Gemini
- 03:36 – 05:31 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