Varanasi panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 00:48 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:39
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:30 to 05:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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. 04:04 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:33 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:33 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
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:38 Cancer
- 05:38 – 07:52 Leo
- 07:52 – 10:05 Virgo
- 10:05 – 12:21 Libra
- 12:21 – 14:38 Scorpio
- 14:38 – 16:43 Sagittarius
- 16:43 – 18:28 Capricorn
- 18:28 – 19:59 Aquarius
- 19:59 – 21:27 Pisces
- 21:27 – 23:05 Aries
- 23:05 – 01:03 next day Taurus
- 01:03 – 03:16 next day Gemini
- 03:16 – 05:33 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