Varanasi panchang, 20 October 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 08:14 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:59
- 07:24 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:25 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:32
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:26
- Karana Taitila until 12:41, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:24 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:59
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. 04:19 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:25 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:58 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:25 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:26 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:49 Virgo
- 05:49 – 08:06 Libra
- 08:06 – 10:23 Scorpio
- 10:23 – 12:27 Sagittarius
- 12:27 – 14:12 Capricorn
- 14:12 – 15:43 Aquarius
- 15:43 – 17:12 Pisces
- 17:12 – 18:50 Aries
- 18:50 – 20:47 Taurus
- 20:47 – 23:01 Gemini
- 23:01 – 01:19 next day Cancer
- 01:19 – 03:33 next day Leo
- 03:33 – 05:45 next day Virgo
- 05:45 – 06:00 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