Varanasi panchang, 6 November 2028
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 20:22 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:32 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 15:00
- 14:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:37 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:12 to 06:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 17:43
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:37 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 14:14
- Karana Balava until 17:43, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:37 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 15:00
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 – 05:18
- 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 17:12 – 19:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:10 – 14:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:10 – 14:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:10 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:32 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:27 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:12 | Good |
| Char | 17:12 – 18:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:10 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:42 Virgo
- 04:42 – 06:59 Libra
- 06:59 – 09:16 Scorpio
- 09:16 – 11:21 Sagittarius
- 11:21 – 13:05 Capricorn
- 13:05 – 14:36 Aquarius
- 14:36 – 16:05 Pisces
- 16:05 – 17:43 Aries
- 17:43 – 19:40 Taurus
- 19:40 – 21:54 Gemini
- 21:54 – 00:12 next day Cancer
- 00:12 – 02:26 next day Leo
- 02:26 – 04:39 next day Virgo
- 04:39 – 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