Varanasi panchang, 8 October 2028
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 20:34 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:36
- 06:52 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 10:57 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:36 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 05:42 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 06:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:57
- Karana Kaulava until 17:20, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:52 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 10:57 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:57 – 10:28 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:36
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. 04:15 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:40 | Good |
| Rog | 14:40 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:40 | Good |
| Char | 20:40 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:22 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:24 Leo
- 04:24 – 06:37 Virgo
- 06:37 – 08:53 Libra
- 08:53 – 11:10 Scorpio
- 11:10 – 13:15 Sagittarius
- 13:15 – 15:00 Capricorn
- 15:00 – 16:30 Aquarius
- 16:30 – 17:59 Pisces
- 17:59 – 19:37 Aries
- 19:37 – 21:34 Taurus
- 21:34 – 23:48 Gemini
- 23:48 – 02:06 next day Cancer
- 02:06 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 05:54 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