Varanasi panchang, 1 October 2028
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 16:17 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 17:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:43
- 07:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:43 to 05:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:05
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:57 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 07:31
- Karana Taitila until 17:05, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:05 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:31 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:43
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:14 – 12:29
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 17:43 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:57 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:43 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:51 Leo
- 04:51 – 07:04 Virgo
- 07:04 – 09:21 Libra
- 09:21 – 11:37 Scorpio
- 11:37 – 13:42 Sagittarius
- 13:42 – 15:27 Capricorn
- 15:27 – 16:58 Aquarius
- 16:58 – 18:26 Pisces
- 18:26 – 20:04 Aries
- 20:04 – 22:02 Taurus
- 22:02 – 00:16 next day Gemini
- 00:16 – 02:33 next day Cancer
- 02:33 – 04:47 next day Leo
- 04:47 – 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