Varanasi panchang, 29 October 2028
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 14:48 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:17
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:17 to 06:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Moon enters Pisces
- 19:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:21
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:30 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:18
- Karana Vishti until 06:21, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:46 Moon enters Pisces
- 19:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:04 – 06:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:18 – 17:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:17
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 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:30 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:05 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:17 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:05 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:14 Virgo
- 05:14 – 07:30 Libra
- 07:30 – 09:47 Scorpio
- 09:47 – 11:52 Sagittarius
- 11:52 – 13:37 Capricorn
- 13:37 – 15:08 Aquarius
- 15:08 – 16:36 Pisces
- 16:36 – 18:14 Aries
- 18:14 – 20:12 Taurus
- 20:12 – 22:26 Gemini
- 22:26 – 00:43 next day Cancer
- 00:43 – 02:57 next day Leo
- 02:57 – 05:10 next day Virgo
- 05:10 – 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