Varanasi panchang, 31 October 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 15:50 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:52
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 11:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:48 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:16 to 06:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 11:09
- Nakshatra Revati until 06:54 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 15:48
- Karana Taitila until 11:09, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 11:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:48 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:48 – 17:00
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. 04:23 – 05:15
- 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 17:16 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 06:06 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 11:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Char | 08:53 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 – 15:52 | Good |
| Rog | 15:52 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:16 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:29 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:05 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:54 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:06 Virgo
- 05:06 – 07:23 Libra
- 07:23 – 09:40 Scorpio
- 09:40 – 11:44 Sagittarius
- 11:44 – 13:29 Capricorn
- 13:29 – 15:00 Aquarius
- 15:00 – 16:28 Pisces
- 16:28 – 18:07 Aries
- 18:07 – 20:04 Taurus
- 20:04 – 22:18 Gemini
- 22:18 – 00:35 next day Cancer
- 00:35 – 02:49 next day Leo
- 02:49 – 05:02 next day Virgo
- 05:02 – 06:06 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