Varanasi panchang, 3 September 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 17:44 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 18:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:13
- 06:55 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:04 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:13 to 05:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:19 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:17 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 01:19 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:04, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:55 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:19 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:52 – 16:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:13
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 06:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:14 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:13 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:27 Cancer
- 04:27 – 06:41 Leo
- 06:41 – 08:54 Virgo
- 08:54 – 11:11 Libra
- 11:11 – 13:28 Scorpio
- 13:28 – 15:32 Sagittarius
- 15:32 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 18:48 Aquarius
- 18:48 – 20:16 Pisces
- 20:16 – 21:55 Aries
- 21:55 – 23:52 Taurus
- 23:52 – 02:06 next day Gemini
- 02:06 – 04:23 next day Cancer
- 04:23 – 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