Varanasi panchang, 24 September 2028
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 11:35 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 17:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:51
- 06:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
17:51 to 05:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:25 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:43 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:57
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:25 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 07:08
- Karana Taitila until 06:57, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:25 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:43 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:51
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:48 – 02:25 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 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:25 – 05:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:25 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:19 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 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 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:19 Leo
- 05:19 – 07:32 Virgo
- 07:32 – 09:48 Libra
- 09:48 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:10 Sagittarius
- 14:10 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:25 Aquarius
- 17:25 – 18:54 Pisces
- 18:54 – 20:32 Aries
- 20:32 – 22:29 Taurus
- 22:29 – 00:43 next day Gemini
- 00:43 – 03:01 next day Cancer
- 03:01 – 05:15 next day Leo
- 05:15 – 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