Varanasi panchang, 1 November 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 16:24 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 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- 06:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:54 Moon enters Aries
- 13:08 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 13:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:15 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 13:08
- Nakshatra Revati until 06:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 16:14
- Karana Vanija until 13:08, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:54 Moon enters Aries
- 13:08 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 13:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:06 – 06:54
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:54 – 06:07 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. 04:24 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:15 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 06:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 06:07 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 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:02 Virgo
- 05:02 – 07:19 Libra
- 07:19 – 09:36 Scorpio
- 09:36 – 11:40 Sagittarius
- 11:40 – 13:25 Capricorn
- 13:25 – 14:56 Aquarius
- 14:56 – 16:24 Pisces
- 16:24 – 18:03 Aries
- 18:03 – 20:00 Taurus
- 20:00 – 22:14 Gemini
- 22:14 – 00:31 next day Cancer
- 00:31 – 02:45 next day Leo
- 02:45 – 04:58 next day Virgo
- 04:58 – 06:07 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