Varanasi panchang, 24 October 2028
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 11:59 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 15:56
- 09:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:21 to 06:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:41 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:41
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:22 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:32
- Karana Gara until 09:11, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:45 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:41 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:56
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:22 – 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 17:21 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 12:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:41 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:02 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:27 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Char | 08:52 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 15:56 | Good |
| Rog | 15:56 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:56 – 20:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:31 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:07 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:27 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:34 Virgo
- 05:34 – 07:50 Libra
- 07:50 – 10:07 Scorpio
- 10:07 – 12:12 Sagittarius
- 12:12 – 13:57 Capricorn
- 13:57 – 15:27 Aquarius
- 15:27 – 16:56 Pisces
- 16:56 – 18:34 Aries
- 18:34 – 20:31 Taurus
- 20:31 – 22:45 Gemini
- 22:45 – 01:03 next day Cancer
- 01:03 – 03:17 next day Leo
- 03:17 – 05:30 next day Virgo
- 05:30 – 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