Varanasi panchang, 28 October 2028
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 14:18 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:30
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:18 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 22:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:23
- Karana Vanija until 17:04, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:04 – 06:21 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. 04:22 – 05:13
- 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 17:18 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 22:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:18 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:30 – 22:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:06 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:18 Virgo
- 05:18 – 07:34 Libra
- 07:34 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 11:56 Sagittarius
- 11:56 – 13:41 Capricorn
- 13:41 – 15:12 Aquarius
- 15:12 – 16:40 Pisces
- 16:40 – 18:18 Aries
- 18:18 – 20:16 Taurus
- 20:16 – 22:29 Gemini
- 22:29 – 00:47 next day Cancer
- 00:47 – 03:01 next day Leo
- 03:01 – 05:14 next day Virgo
- 05:14 – 06:05 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