Varanasi panchang, 29 September 2028
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 15:15 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:16
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:45 to 05:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:07
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 06:34 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:07, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:16
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 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 10:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:50 – 10:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:50 – 12:07
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:50 – 07:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:59 Leo
- 04:59 – 07:12 Virgo
- 07:12 – 09:28 Libra
- 09:28 – 11:45 Scorpio
- 11:45 – 13:50 Sagittarius
- 13:50 – 15:35 Capricorn
- 15:35 – 17:06 Aquarius
- 17:06 – 18:34 Pisces
- 18:34 – 20:12 Aries
- 20:12 – 22:10 Taurus
- 22:10 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 02:41 next day Cancer
- 02:41 – 04:55 next day Leo
- 04:55 – 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