Varanasi panchang, 28 September 2028
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 14:41 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 17:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:49 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:23
- 07:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:46 to 05:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:55
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 05:43 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:55, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:23
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 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 17:46 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 05:50 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:49 – 09:55
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:49 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:46 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:50 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
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:03 Leo
- 05:03 – 07:16 Virgo
- 07:16 – 09:32 Libra
- 09:32 – 11:49 Scorpio
- 11:49 – 13:54 Sagittarius
- 13:54 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 17:10 Aquarius
- 17:10 – 18:38 Pisces
- 18:38 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:13 Taurus
- 22:13 – 00:27 next day Gemini
- 00:27 – 02:45 next day Cancer
- 02:45 – 04:59 next day Leo
- 04:59 – 05:50 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