Varanasi panchang, 17 September 2028
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 03:54 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 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 17:58
- 07:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:58 to 05:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:47 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:30
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 12:07
- Karana Vanija until 07:30, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:47 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:30 – 17:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 17:58
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) 11:27 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:17 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:46 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 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:46 Leo
- 05:46 – 07:59 Virgo
- 07:59 – 10:16 Libra
- 10:16 – 12:33 Scorpio
- 12:33 – 14:37 Sagittarius
- 14:37 – 16:22 Capricorn
- 16:22 – 17:53 Aquarius
- 17:53 – 19:21 Pisces
- 19:21 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 22:57 Taurus
- 22:57 – 01:11 next day Gemini
- 01:11 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 05:42 next day Leo
- 05:42 – 05:46 next day Virgo
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