Varanasi panchang, 25 September 2028
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 12:31 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 17:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:25
- 06:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:49 to 05:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:58 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 06:33
- Nakshatra Mula until 03:21 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 04:58 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:33, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:58 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:25
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:21 – 05:49 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. 04:13 – 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 17:49 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:21 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:48 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:49 | Good |
| Char | 17:49 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:19 – 05:49 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:15 Leo
- 05:15 – 07:28 Virgo
- 07:28 – 09:44 Libra
- 09:44 – 12:01 Scorpio
- 12:01 – 14:06 Sagittarius
- 14:06 – 15:51 Capricorn
- 15:51 – 17:21 Aquarius
- 17:21 – 18:50 Pisces
- 18:50 – 20:28 Aries
- 20:28 – 22:25 Taurus
- 22:25 – 00:39 next day Gemini
- 00:39 – 02:57 next day Cancer
- 02:57 – 05:11 next day Leo
- 05:11 – 05:49 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