Varanasi panchang, 1 September 2028
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 16:40 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:41
- 11:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:15 to 05:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:35
- Karana Kaulava until 11:30, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:41
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:35 – 01:59 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. 04:08 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 04:03 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:03 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:39 – 07:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:41 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:35 Cancer
- 04:35 – 06:49 Leo
- 06:49 – 09:02 Virgo
- 09:02 – 11:18 Libra
- 11:18 – 13:35 Scorpio
- 13:35 – 15:40 Sagittarius
- 15:40 – 17:25 Capricorn
- 17:25 – 18:56 Aquarius
- 18:56 – 20:24 Pisces
- 20:24 – 22:02 Aries
- 22:02 – 00:00 next day Taurus
- 00:00 – 02:14 next day Gemini
- 02:14 – 04:31 next day Cancer
- 04:31 – 05:40 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