Varanasi panchang, 4 October 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 17:49 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 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:14
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:03
- Karana Balava until 11:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:03 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:14
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 00:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:28 – 05:52 next day
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:04 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:39 Leo
- 04:39 – 06:52 Virgo
- 06:52 – 09:09 Libra
- 09:09 – 11:26 Scorpio
- 11:26 – 13:30 Sagittarius
- 13:30 – 15:15 Capricorn
- 15:15 – 16:46 Aquarius
- 16:46 – 18:14 Pisces
- 18:14 – 19:53 Aries
- 19:53 – 21:50 Taurus
- 21:50 – 00:04 next day Gemini
- 00:04 – 02:22 next day Cancer
- 02:22 – 04:35 next day Leo
- 04:35 – 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