Varanasi panchang, 8 November 2028
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 22:24 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:04
- 09:06 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:19 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:11 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:49, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:06 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:19 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:49 – 04:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:28 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:27 – 06:12 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. 04:27 – 05:19
- 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 17:11 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:03 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:49 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:35 Virgo
- 04:35 – 06:51 Libra
- 06:51 – 09:08 Scorpio
- 09:08 – 11:13 Sagittarius
- 11:13 – 12:58 Capricorn
- 12:58 – 14:28 Aquarius
- 14:28 – 15:57 Pisces
- 15:57 – 17:35 Aries
- 17:35 – 19:32 Taurus
- 19:32 – 21:46 Gemini
- 21:46 – 00:04 next day Cancer
- 00:04 – 02:18 next day Leo
- 02:18 – 04:31 next day Virgo
- 04:31 – 06:12 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