Varanasi panchang, 21 October 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 09:19 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 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:33
- 10:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 15:43 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:24 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:48 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:36 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:43
- Karana Vanija until 10:34, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 15:43 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:48 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:33
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 – 05:10
- 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 17:24 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 11:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
| Rog | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:33 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:45 Virgo
- 05:45 – 08:02 Libra
- 08:02 – 10:19 Scorpio
- 10:19 – 12:24 Sagittarius
- 12:24 – 14:08 Capricorn
- 14:08 – 15:39 Aquarius
- 15:39 – 17:08 Pisces
- 17:08 – 18:46 Aries
- 18:46 – 20:43 Taurus
- 20:43 – 22:57 Gemini
- 22:57 – 01:15 next day Cancer
- 01:15 – 03:29 next day Leo
- 03:29 – 05:41 next day Virgo
- 05:41 – 06:01 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