Varanasi panchang, 5 November 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 19:25 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam 15:50 – 17:13
- 13:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:13 to 06:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:33
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 15:12
- Karana Vishti until 17:33, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:13
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. 04:26 – 05:17
- 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 17:13 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:32 – 08:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:33 – 06:10 next day | Good |
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
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:46 Virgo
- 04:46 – 07:03 Libra
- 07:03 – 09:20 Scorpio
- 09:20 – 11:25 Sagittarius
- 11:25 – 13:09 Capricorn
- 13:09 – 14:40 Aquarius
- 14:40 – 16:09 Pisces
- 16:09 – 17:47 Aries
- 17:47 – 19:44 Taurus
- 19:44 – 21:58 Gemini
- 21:58 – 00:16 next day Cancer
- 00:16 – 02:30 next day Leo
- 02:30 – 04:42 next day Virgo
- 04:42 – 06:10 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