Varanasi panchang, 14 October 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 01:36 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 17:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:37
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:39 Moon enters Leo
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:30 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:29
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 21:37
- Karana Bava until 11:55, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:39 Moon enters Leo
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:52 – 16:47
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 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:37 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:03 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:37 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:13 Virgo
- 06:13 – 08:29 Libra
- 08:29 – 10:46 Scorpio
- 10:46 – 12:51 Sagittarius
- 12:51 – 14:36 Capricorn
- 14:36 – 16:07 Aquarius
- 16:07 – 17:35 Pisces
- 17:35 – 19:13 Aries
- 19:13 – 21:11 Taurus
- 21:11 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:42 next day Cancer
- 01:42 – 03:56 next day Leo
- 03:56 – 05:57 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