Varanasi panchang, 24 August 2028
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 09:35 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 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:36 – 07:12
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:50
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:11 Moon enters Libra
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:23 to 05:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:09
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 09:13
- Karana Bava until 12:28, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:11 Moon enters Libra
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:50
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 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 18:23 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:36 – 23:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:15 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:07 Cancer
- 05:07 – 07:21 Leo
- 07:21 – 09:33 Virgo
- 09:33 – 11:50 Libra
- 11:50 – 14:07 Scorpio
- 14:07 – 16:12 Sagittarius
- 16:12 – 17:56 Capricorn
- 17:56 – 19:27 Aquarius
- 19:27 – 20:56 Pisces
- 20:56 – 22:34 Aries
- 22:34 – 00:31 next day Taurus
- 00:31 – 02:45 next day Gemini
- 02:45 – 05:03 next day Cancer
- 05:03 – 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