Varanasi panchang, 23 September 2028
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 10:34 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:48 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:48 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:51
- 08:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:14 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:52 to 05:48 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:12
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:18 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:14
- Karana Balava until 08:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:48 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:51
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 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:48 – 02:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:48 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:23 Leo
- 05:23 – 07:35 Virgo
- 07:35 – 09:52 Libra
- 09:52 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:14 Sagittarius
- 14:14 – 15:58 Capricorn
- 15:58 – 17:29 Aquarius
- 17:29 – 18:58 Pisces
- 18:58 – 20:36 Aries
- 20:36 – 22:33 Taurus
- 22:33 – 00:47 next day Gemini
- 00:47 – 03:05 next day Cancer
- 03:05 – 05:19 next day Leo
- 05:19 – 05:48 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