Varanasi panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 07:15 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 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:22
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:55 to 05:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:19
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:05
- Karana Balava until 06:07, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:22
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. 04:12 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:46 – 09:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:47 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 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:34 Leo
- 05:34 – 07:47 Virgo
- 07:47 – 10:04 Libra
- 10:04 – 12:21 Scorpio
- 12:21 – 14:25 Sagittarius
- 14:25 – 16:10 Capricorn
- 16:10 – 17:41 Aquarius
- 17:41 – 19:09 Pisces
- 19:09 – 20:48 Aries
- 20:48 – 22:45 Taurus
- 22:45 – 00:59 next day Gemini
- 00:59 – 03:17 next day Cancer
- 03:17 – 05:30 next day Leo
- 05:30 – 05:47 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