Varanasi panchang, 11 September 2028
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 22:38 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:36
- 05:54 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:05 to 05:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 18:10
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:11 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 04:26 next day
- Karana Vishti until 05:54, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:10 – 06:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:36
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) 11:29 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 02:11 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:11 – 05:43 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:11 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 18:05 | Good |
| Char | 18:05 – 19:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:32 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:10 Leo
- 06:10 – 08:23 Virgo
- 08:23 – 10:39 Libra
- 10:39 – 12:56 Scorpio
- 12:56 – 15:01 Sagittarius
- 15:01 – 16:46 Capricorn
- 16:46 – 18:16 Aquarius
- 18:16 – 19:45 Pisces
- 19:45 – 21:23 Aries
- 21:23 – 23:20 Taurus
- 23:20 – 01:34 next day Gemini
- 01:34 – 03:52 next day Cancer
- 03:52 – 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