Varanasi panchang, 27 September 2028
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 14:03 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:18
- 08:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:33 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:47 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:09
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:18 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 05:04 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:09, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 07:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:18
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 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:07 Leo
- 05:07 – 07:20 Virgo
- 07:20 – 09:36 Libra
- 09:36 – 11:53 Scorpio
- 11:53 – 13:58 Sagittarius
- 13:58 – 15:43 Capricorn
- 15:43 – 17:14 Aquarius
- 17:14 – 18:42 Pisces
- 18:42 – 20:20 Aries
- 20:20 – 22:17 Taurus
- 22:17 – 00:31 next day Gemini
- 00:31 – 02:49 next day Cancer
- 02:49 – 05:03 next day Leo
- 05:03 – 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