Varanasi panchang, 21 September 2028
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 08:22 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:47 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:28
- 06:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:54 to 05:47 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 15:17
- Karana Gara until 13:00, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:47 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:17 – 11:58 next day
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 04:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:47 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:23 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 05:47 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
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:30 Leo
- 05:30 – 07:43 Virgo
- 07:43 – 10:00 Libra
- 10:00 – 12:17 Scorpio
- 12:17 – 14:21 Sagittarius
- 14:21 – 16:06 Capricorn
- 16:06 – 17:37 Aquarius
- 17:37 – 19:06 Pisces
- 19:06 – 20:44 Aries
- 20:44 – 22:41 Taurus
- 22:41 – 00:55 next day Gemini
- 00:55 – 03:13 next day Cancer
- 03:13 – 05:27 next day Leo
- 05:27 – 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