Varanasi panchang, 25 October 2028
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 12:39 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 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:20 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 14:12 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:25
- Karana Vishti until 10:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:04
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:25 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
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. 04:21 – 05:12
- 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 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 06:03 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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:30 Virgo
- 05:30 – 07:46 Libra
- 07:46 – 10:03 Scorpio
- 10:03 – 12:08 Sagittarius
- 12:08 – 13:53 Capricorn
- 13:53 – 15:23 Aquarius
- 15:23 – 16:52 Pisces
- 16:52 – 18:30 Aries
- 18:30 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:41 Gemini
- 22:41 – 00:59 next day Cancer
- 00:59 – 03:13 next day Leo
- 03:13 – 05:26 next day Virgo
- 05:26 – 06:03 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