Varanasi panchang, 9 September 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 21:02 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:42 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 05:42 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 15:01
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:07 to 05:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:55 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:13
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:24 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:13, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:21 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:55 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:14 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:42 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:01
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. 04:10 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:21 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 08:31 Virgo
- 08:31 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 13:04 Scorpio
- 13:04 – 15:09 Sagittarius
- 15:09 – 16:54 Capricorn
- 16:54 – 18:24 Aquarius
- 18:24 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 21:31 Aries
- 21:31 – 23:28 Taurus
- 23:28 – 01:42 next day Gemini
- 01:42 – 04:00 next day Cancer
- 04:00 – 05:43 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