Varanasi panchang, 4 September 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 18:14 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 18:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:14 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:42
- 09:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:12 to 05:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:44 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:17 – 04:17 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. 04:09 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:15 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:23 Cancer
- 04:23 – 06:37 Leo
- 06:37 – 08:50 Virgo
- 08:50 – 11:07 Libra
- 11:07 – 13:24 Scorpio
- 13:24 – 15:28 Sagittarius
- 15:28 – 17:13 Capricorn
- 17:13 – 18:44 Aquarius
- 18:44 – 20:12 Pisces
- 20:12 – 21:51 Aries
- 21:51 – 23:48 Taurus
- 23:48 – 02:02 next day Gemini
- 02:02 – 04:19 next day Cancer
- 04:19 – 05:41 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