Varanasi panchang, 19 August 2028
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 04:03 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:34 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 05:34 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:14
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:27 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 13:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:28 to 05:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:47 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:14 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:47
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 09:07
- Karana Vishti until 09:27, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:27 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 13:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:47 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:14 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:38 – 09:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:00 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:34 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:14 – 15:10 next day
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 – 04:50
- 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 18:28 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:11 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:28 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:34 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
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:26 Cancer
- 05:26 – 07:40 Leo
- 07:40 – 09:53 Virgo
- 09:53 – 12:10 Libra
- 12:10 – 14:27 Scorpio
- 14:27 – 16:31 Sagittarius
- 16:31 – 18:16 Capricorn
- 18:16 – 19:47 Aquarius
- 19:47 – 21:15 Pisces
- 21:15 – 22:54 Aries
- 22:54 – 00:51 next day Taurus
- 00:51 – 03:05 next day Gemini
- 03:05 – 05:22 next day Cancer
- 05:22 – 05:34 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