Varanasi panchang, 13 October 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 00:32 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 16:04
- 08:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:31 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:00 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:23, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:53
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:23 – 01:13 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:04
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 08:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:14 – 05:56 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. 04:17 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:13 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:56 – 07:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:31 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:04 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:17 Virgo
- 06:17 – 08:33 Libra
- 08:33 – 10:50 Scorpio
- 10:50 – 12:55 Sagittarius
- 12:55 – 14:40 Capricorn
- 14:40 – 16:11 Aquarius
- 16:11 – 17:39 Pisces
- 17:39 – 19:17 Aries
- 19:17 – 21:15 Taurus
- 21:15 – 23:28 Gemini
- 23:28 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 04:00 next day Leo
- 04:00 – 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