Varanasi panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 08:30 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:36
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:24 to 05:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:36 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:11 Cancer
- 05:11 – 07:25 Leo
- 07:25 – 09:37 Virgo
- 09:37 – 11:54 Libra
- 11:54 – 14:11 Scorpio
- 14:11 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 18:00 Capricorn
- 18:00 – 19:31 Aquarius
- 19:31 – 21:00 Pisces
- 21:00 – 22:38 Aries
- 22:38 – 00:35 next day Taurus
- 00:35 – 02:49 next day Gemini
- 02:49 – 05:07 next day Cancer
- 05:07 – 05:36 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