Varanasi panchang, 6 September 2028
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 19:14 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:29
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:10 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:09
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:49 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 04:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:09, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:12 – 05:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:19 – 12:26 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:49 – 05:41 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 10:09
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:16 Cancer
- 04:16 – 06:29 Leo
- 06:29 – 08:42 Virgo
- 08:42 – 10:59 Libra
- 10:59 – 13:16 Scorpio
- 13:16 – 15:20 Sagittarius
- 15:20 – 17:05 Capricorn
- 17:05 – 18:36 Aquarius
- 18:36 – 20:05 Pisces
- 20:05 – 21:43 Aries
- 21:43 – 23:40 Taurus
- 23:40 – 01:54 next day Gemini
- 01:54 – 04:12 next day Cancer
- 04:12 – 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