Varanasi
Tuesday, 16 May 2028
Chaitra · Krishna paksha · Vasanta ritu · Vikram Samvat 2085 · Shaka 1950
TithiAshtami
Krishna · 34% elapsed
NakshatraDhanishta
Pada 2 · 48% elapsed
YogaBrahma
86% elapsed
KaranaBalava
68% elapsed
VaaraTuesday
Lord Mangal
Good times today
Char
05:14 – 06:54
Amrit
08:34 – 10:15
Shubh
11:55 – 13:36
These are the windows that are favourable and not overlapped by anything inauspicious.
The whole day, in order
05:14
Char
Choghadiya · until 06:54
06:54
Labh
Choghadiya · until 08:34
06:54
Yamaganda
Inauspicious · until 08:34
08:34
Amrit
Choghadiya · until 10:15
10:15
Kaal
Choghadiya · until 11:55
10:15
Gulika
Inauspicious · until 11:55
11:31
Abhijit muhurta
Auspicious · until 12:19
11:55
Shubh
Choghadiya · until 13:36
13:36
Rog
Choghadiya · until 15:16
13:36
Rahu kaal
Inauspicious · until 15:16
15:16
Udveg
Choghadiya · until 16:57
16:57
Char
Choghadiya · until 18:37
Windows overlap — abhijit can fall inside rahu kaal. Both are shown rather than one quietly winning.
Sun and moon
- Sunrise
- 05:14
- Sunset
- 18:37
- Moonrise
- 00:20
- Moonset
- 11:40
- Sun in
- Vrishabha
- Moon in
- Makara
Auspicious
Abhijit muhurta
11:31 – 12:19
Times to avoid
Rahu kaal
13:36 – 15:16
Yamaganda
06:54 – 08:34
Gulika
10:15 – 11:55
Choghadiya — daytime
Char
05:14–06:54
Labh
06:54–08:34
Amrit
08:34–10:15
Kaal
10:15–11:55
Shubh
11:55–13:36
Rog
13:36–15:16
Udveg
15:16–16:57
Char
16:57–18:37
Hora — daytime
Mangal
05:14–06:20
Surya
06:20–07:27
Shukra
07:27–08:34
Budh
08:34–09:41
Chandra
09:41–10:48
Shani
10:48–11:55
Guru
11:55–13:02
Mangal
13:02–14:09
Surya
14:09–15:16
Shukra
15:16–16:23
Budh
16:23–17:30
Chandra
17:30–18:37
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Calculated for Varanasi — sidereal, Lahiri ayanamsa. Rahu kaal, choghadiya and hora divide sunrise to sunset, so they differ by place. A panchang fixed to one clock time is wrong everywhere but where it was written.