Varanasi panchang, 3 November 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 17:44 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:51
- 11:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:14 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:35 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 16:04
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:17
- Karana Kaulava until 16:04, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:28 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:35 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:23 – 16:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:51
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. 04:25 – 05:16
- 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 17:14 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:08 – 16:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:54 Virgo
- 04:54 – 07:11 Libra
- 07:11 – 09:28 Scorpio
- 09:28 – 11:32 Sagittarius
- 11:32 – 13:17 Capricorn
- 13:17 – 14:48 Aquarius
- 14:48 – 16:16 Pisces
- 16:16 – 17:55 Aries
- 17:55 – 19:52 Taurus
- 19:52 – 22:06 Gemini
- 22:06 – 00:24 next day Cancer
- 00:24 – 02:37 next day Leo
- 02:37 – 04:50 next day Virgo
- 04:50 – 06:08 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