Varanasi panchang, 25 August 2028
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 10:40 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 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:12 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:46
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:22 to 05:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:00
- Nakshatra Swati until 19:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 06:02
- Karana Kaulava until 10:00, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:46
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. 04:07 – 04:52
- 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 18:22 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:36 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:36 – 07:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:12 – 05:37 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 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:03 Cancer
- 05:03 – 07:17 Leo
- 07:17 – 09:30 Virgo
- 09:30 – 11:46 Libra
- 11:46 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:08 Sagittarius
- 16:08 – 17:53 Capricorn
- 17:53 – 19:23 Aquarius
- 19:23 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:30 Aries
- 22:30 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:41 next day Gemini
- 02:41 – 04:59 next day Cancer
- 04:59 – 05:37 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