Varanasi panchang, 16 October 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 03:45 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 17:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:24 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:10
- 07:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:45 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:28 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:28 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 15:45
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:11 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 13:49
- Karana Vanija until 15:45, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:10
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. 04:18 – 05:08
- 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 17:28 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:35 – 16:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:02 – 17:28 | Good |
| Char | 17:28 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:09 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:05 Virgo
- 06:05 – 08:22 Libra
- 08:22 – 10:39 Scorpio
- 10:39 – 12:43 Sagittarius
- 12:43 – 14:28 Capricorn
- 14:28 – 15:59 Aquarius
- 15:59 – 17:27 Pisces
- 17:27 – 19:06 Aries
- 19:06 – 21:03 Taurus
- 21:03 – 23:17 Gemini
- 23:17 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 03:48 next day Leo
- 03:48 – 05:58 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