Varanasi panchang, 16 September 2028
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 02:48 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:45 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:56
- 10:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:59 to 05:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:10 Moon enters Leo
- 21:14 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:51
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:10 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 16:05
- Karana Taitila until 10:51, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:10 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:10 Moon enters Leo
- 21:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:56
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 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:45 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:50 Leo
- 05:50 – 08:03 Virgo
- 08:03 – 10:20 Libra
- 10:20 – 12:36 Scorpio
- 12:36 – 14:41 Sagittarius
- 14:41 – 16:26 Capricorn
- 16:26 – 17:57 Aquarius
- 17:57 – 19:25 Pisces
- 19:25 – 21:03 Aries
- 21:03 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:15 next day Gemini
- 01:15 – 03:32 next day Cancer
- 03:32 – 05:45 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