Varanasi panchang, 12 January 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 17:46 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:25
- 09:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:25 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:33
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 19:21 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:55
- Karana Bava until 09:33, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 17:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:55 – 19:07
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. 04:59 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 08:45 Capricorn
- 08:45 – 10:16 Aquarius
- 10:16 – 11:44 Pisces
- 11:44 – 13:22 Aries
- 13:22 – 15:20 Taurus
- 15:20 – 17:34 Gemini
- 17:34 – 19:51 Cancer
- 19:51 – 22:05 Leo
- 22:05 – 00:18 next day Virgo
- 00:18 – 02:35 next day Libra
- 02:35 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
- 04:52 – 06:46 next day Sagittarius
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