Varanasi panchang, 23 October 2028
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 11:12 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:26 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:06
- 08:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:22 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:53 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:53
- Nakshatra Mula until 11:16 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:15
- Karana Kaulava until 08:47, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:53 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:06
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:16 – 06:02 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. 04:20 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 11:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:08 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:22 | Good |
| Char | 17:22 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:32 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:07 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:38 Virgo
- 05:38 – 07:54 Libra
- 07:54 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:16 Sagittarius
- 12:16 – 14:01 Capricorn
- 14:01 – 15:31 Aquarius
- 15:31 – 17:00 Pisces
- 17:00 – 18:38 Aries
- 18:38 – 20:35 Taurus
- 20:35 – 22:49 Gemini
- 22:49 – 01:07 next day Cancer
- 01:07 – 03:21 next day Leo
- 03:21 – 05:34 next day Virgo
- 05:34 – 06:02 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