Varanasi panchang, 21 August 2028
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 06:18 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:11 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:52
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:26 to 05:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:29
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:30 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 20:55
- Karana Bava until 12:29, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:52
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. 04:06 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:26 | Good |
| Char | 18:26 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:18 Cancer
- 05:18 – 07:32 Leo
- 07:32 – 09:45 Virgo
- 09:45 – 12:02 Libra
- 12:02 – 14:19 Scorpio
- 14:19 – 16:23 Sagittarius
- 16:23 – 18:08 Capricorn
- 18:08 – 19:39 Aquarius
- 19:39 – 21:07 Pisces
- 21:07 – 22:46 Aries
- 22:46 – 00:43 next day Taurus
- 00:43 – 02:57 next day Gemini
- 02:57 – 05:15 next day Cancer
- 05:15 – 05:35 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