Varanasi panchang, 12 September 2028
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 23:35 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 18:04- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:31
- 06:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:04 to 05:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:10
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:36 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:08 next day
- Karana Balava until 06:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:08 – 01:14 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. 04:10 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:43 – 18:10
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:04 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:16 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:19 Virgo
- 08:19 – 10:35 Libra
- 10:35 – 12:52 Scorpio
- 12:52 – 14:57 Sagittarius
- 14:57 – 16:42 Capricorn
- 16:42 – 18:13 Aquarius
- 18:13 – 19:41 Pisces
- 19:41 – 21:19 Aries
- 21:19 – 23:16 Taurus
- 23:16 – 01:30 next day Gemini
- 01:30 – 03:48 next day Cancer
- 03:48 – 05:44 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