Varanasi panchang, 12 August 2028
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 22:22 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:31 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 05:31 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:18
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 16:02 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:34 to 05:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:43 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 22:09
- Karana Vishti until 16:02, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 16:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:09 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:31 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:18
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 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:31 – 14:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:31 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:21 Virgo
- 10:21 – 12:37 Libra
- 12:37 – 14:54 Scorpio
- 14:54 – 16:59 Sagittarius
- 16:59 – 18:44 Capricorn
- 18:44 – 20:14 Aquarius
- 20:14 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 23:21 Aries
- 23:21 – 01:18 next day Taurus
- 01:18 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 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