Varanasi panchang, 3 October 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 17:17 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:41- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:44 – 16:12
- 08:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:41 to 05:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:55 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 21:55
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 21:48 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:19
- Karana Vishti until 08:45, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 21:48 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:55 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:34 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:12
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 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 21:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:12 | Good |
| Rog | 16:12 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:41 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:12 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:21 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:43 Leo
- 04:43 – 06:56 Virgo
- 06:56 – 09:13 Libra
- 09:13 – 11:30 Scorpio
- 11:30 – 13:34 Sagittarius
- 13:34 – 15:19 Capricorn
- 15:19 – 16:50 Aquarius
- 16:50 – 18:18 Pisces
- 18:18 – 19:57 Aries
- 19:57 – 21:54 Taurus
- 21:54 – 00:08 next day Gemini
- 00:08 – 02:25 next day Cancer
- 02:25 – 04:39 next day Leo
- 04:39 – 05:52 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