Varanasi panchang, 17 October 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 04:51 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 16:01
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:05 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:27 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:27 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 12:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 09:38
- Karana Shakuni until 12:05, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:05 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39 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. 04:18 – 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 17:27 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:58 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Char | 08:50 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:35 – 16:01 | Good |
| Rog | 16:01 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:27 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:01 – 20:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:35 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:09 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:25 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:01 Virgo
- 06:01 – 08:18 Libra
- 08:18 – 10:35 Scorpio
- 10:35 – 12:39 Sagittarius
- 12:39 – 14:24 Capricorn
- 14:24 – 15:55 Aquarius
- 15:55 – 17:23 Pisces
- 17:23 – 19:02 Aries
- 19:02 – 20:59 Taurus
- 20:59 – 23:13 Gemini
- 23:13 – 01:30 next day Cancer
- 01:30 – 03:44 next day Leo
- 03:44 – 05:57 next day Virgo
- 05:57 – 05:58 next day Libra
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