Varanasi panchang, 17 August 2028
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 01:49 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:33 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:54
- 14:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:42 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:30 to 05:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 15:42
- Karana Kaulava until 14:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:42 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:33 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:54
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:33 – 17:00
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. 04:05 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:00 – 05:33 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:00 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:33 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:30 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:53 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:33 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
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:34 Cancer
- 05:34 – 07:48 Leo
- 07:48 – 10:01 Virgo
- 10:01 – 12:17 Libra
- 12:17 – 14:34 Scorpio
- 14:34 – 16:39 Sagittarius
- 16:39 – 18:24 Capricorn
- 18:24 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 21:23 Pisces
- 21:23 – 23:01 Aries
- 23:01 – 00:59 next day Taurus
- 00:59 – 03:13 next day Gemini
- 03:13 – 05:30 next day Cancer
- 05:30 – 05:33 next day Leo
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