Varanasi panchang, 18 September 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 05:01 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:17 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:31
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:57 to 05:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:53
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:23 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:53
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:51, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:36 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:31
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:27 – 20:16
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 17:57 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:46 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:42 Leo
- 05:42 – 07:55 Virgo
- 07:55 – 10:12 Libra
- 10:12 – 12:29 Scorpio
- 12:29 – 14:33 Sagittarius
- 14:33 – 16:18 Capricorn
- 16:18 – 17:49 Aquarius
- 17:49 – 19:17 Pisces
- 19:17 – 20:56 Aries
- 20:56 – 22:53 Taurus
- 22:53 – 01:07 next day Gemini
- 01:07 – 03:24 next day Cancer
- 03:24 – 05:38 next day Leo
- 05:38 – 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