Varanasi panchang, 30 September 2028
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 15:47 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 17:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:50 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:46
- 06:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:44 to 05:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:34
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 06:34
- Karana Balava until 14:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:38
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:34 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:46
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. 04:14 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:50 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:44 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:55 Leo
- 04:55 – 07:08 Virgo
- 07:08 – 09:24 Libra
- 09:24 – 11:41 Scorpio
- 11:41 – 13:46 Sagittarius
- 13:46 – 15:31 Capricorn
- 15:31 – 17:02 Aquarius
- 17:02 – 18:30 Pisces
- 18:30 – 20:08 Aries
- 20:08 – 22:06 Taurus
- 22:06 – 00:20 next day Gemini
- 00:20 – 02:37 next day Cancer
- 02:37 – 04:51 next day Leo
- 04:51 – 05:51 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