Varanasi panchang, 2 September 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 17:13 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:40 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:40 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 15:06
- 13:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:28 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:14 to 05:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 02:52 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:55 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:24 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:42, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:40 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:52 – 16:04 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 18:14 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 05:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:40 – 02:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:31 Cancer
- 04:31 – 06:45 Leo
- 06:45 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 11:15 Libra
- 11:15 – 13:32 Scorpio
- 13:32 – 15:36 Sagittarius
- 15:36 – 17:21 Capricorn
- 17:21 – 18:52 Aquarius
- 18:52 – 20:20 Pisces
- 20:20 – 21:59 Aries
- 21:59 – 23:56 Taurus
- 23:56 – 02:10 next day Gemini
- 02:10 – 04:27 next day Cancer
- 04:27 – 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