Varanasi panchang, 19 September 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 06:08 Ashwin 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 17:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:25
- 09:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:56 to 05:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:13 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 23:13
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:56, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:13 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:25
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 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:46 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 11:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:51 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:18 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:38 Leo
- 05:38 – 07:51 Virgo
- 07:51 – 10:08 Libra
- 10:08 – 12:25 Scorpio
- 12:25 – 14:29 Sagittarius
- 14:29 – 16:14 Capricorn
- 16:14 – 17:45 Aquarius
- 17:45 – 19:13 Pisces
- 19:13 – 20:52 Aries
- 20:52 – 22:49 Taurus
- 22:49 – 01:03 next day Gemini
- 01:03 – 03:20 next day Cancer
- 03:20 – 05:34 next day Leo
- 05:34 – 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