Varanasi panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 05:58 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 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:08
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:26 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:08
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:59 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 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:57 Virgo
- 05:57 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:31 Scorpio
- 10:31 – 12:35 Sagittarius
- 12:35 – 14:20 Capricorn
- 14:20 – 15:51 Aquarius
- 15:51 – 17:19 Pisces
- 17:19 – 18:58 Aries
- 18:58 – 20:55 Taurus
- 20:55 – 23:09 Gemini
- 23:09 – 01:26 next day Cancer
- 01:26 – 03:40 next day Leo
- 03:40 – 05:53 next day Virgo
- 05:53 – 05:59 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