Varanasi panchang, 10 November 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:10 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 17:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:48
- 06:58 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:42 Moon enters Leo
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:10 to 06:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 13:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 06:58
- Karana Kaulava until 14:03, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:58 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:42 Moon enters Leo
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 13:42
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:42 – 06:13 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. 04:28 – 05:20
- 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 17:10 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:12 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:26 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:43 Libra
- 06:43 – 09:00 Scorpio
- 09:00 – 11:05 Sagittarius
- 11:05 – 12:50 Capricorn
- 12:50 – 14:21 Aquarius
- 14:21 – 15:49 Pisces
- 15:49 – 17:27 Aries
- 17:27 – 19:24 Taurus
- 19:24 – 21:38 Gemini
- 21:38 – 23:56 Cancer
- 23:56 – 02:10 next day Leo
- 02:10 – 04:23 next day Virgo
- 04:23 – 06:13 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