Varanasi panchang, 15 October 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 02:40 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:29
- 08:55 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:29 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:17
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:59 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 17:51
- Karana Kaulava until 08:55, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:29
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 17:29 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:59 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:23 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:29 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:09 Virgo
- 06:09 – 08:25 Libra
- 08:25 – 10:42 Scorpio
- 10:42 – 12:47 Sagittarius
- 12:47 – 14:32 Capricorn
- 14:32 – 16:03 Aquarius
- 16:03 – 17:31 Pisces
- 17:31 – 19:09 Aries
- 19:09 – 21:07 Taurus
- 21:07 – 23:21 Gemini
- 23:21 – 01:38 next day Cancer
- 01:38 – 03:52 next day Leo
- 03:52 – 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