Varanasi panchang, 11 October 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 23:28 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 17:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:11
- 08:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:29 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:33 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:19 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:55 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 09:29 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:12
- Karana Balava until 17:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:29 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:19 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:11
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. 04:16 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 09:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:33 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:39 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 06:25 Virgo
- 06:25 – 08:41 Libra
- 08:41 – 10:58 Scorpio
- 10:58 – 13:03 Sagittarius
- 13:03 – 14:48 Capricorn
- 14:48 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 17:47 Pisces
- 17:47 – 19:25 Aries
- 19:25 – 21:22 Taurus
- 21:22 – 23:36 Gemini
- 23:36 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 04:08 next day Leo
- 04:08 – 05:56 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