Varanasi panchang, 14 September 2028
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 00:37 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:44 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:34
- 15:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:01 to 05:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:44 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:55
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:14 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 22:44
- Karana Vishti until 15:55, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:44 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:44 – 09:11 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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 01:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:44 – 01:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:44 – 15:55
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:14 – 05:44 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:14 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 14:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:57 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 18:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:01 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 20:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:58 Leo
- 05:58 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:27 Libra
- 10:27 – 12:44 Scorpio
- 12:44 – 14:49 Sagittarius
- 14:49 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:33 Pisces
- 19:33 – 21:11 Aries
- 21:11 – 23:09 Taurus
- 23:09 – 01:22 next day Gemini
- 01:22 – 03:40 next day Cancer
- 03:40 – 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