Varanasi panchang, 12 November 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 01:30 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:42 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam 15:47 – 17:09
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 09:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:04 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:09 to 06:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 09:31
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:44
- Karana Vishti until 09:31, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 09:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:48 – 09:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:08 – 21:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:42 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:44 – 22:56
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. 04:29 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:33 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:03 – 14:25 | Good |
| Rog | 14:25 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:26 | Good |
| Char | 20:26 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:36 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:35 Libra
- 06:35 – 08:52 Scorpio
- 08:52 – 10:57 Sagittarius
- 10:57 – 12:42 Capricorn
- 12:42 – 14:13 Aquarius
- 14:13 – 15:41 Pisces
- 15:41 – 17:19 Aries
- 17:19 – 19:17 Taurus
- 19:17 – 21:30 Gemini
- 21:30 – 23:48 Cancer
- 23:48 – 02:02 next day Leo
- 02:02 – 04:15 next day Virgo
- 04:15 – 06:14 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