Varanasi panchang, 15 November 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 04:44 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:04
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:04 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:08 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:34
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:34 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 10:42
- Karana Vishti until 11:04, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:04 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:04
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. 04:31 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:24 Libra
- 06:24 – 08:41 Scorpio
- 08:41 – 10:45 Sagittarius
- 10:45 – 12:30 Capricorn
- 12:30 – 14:01 Aquarius
- 14:01 – 15:29 Pisces
- 15:29 – 17:08 Aries
- 17:08 – 19:05 Taurus
- 19:05 – 21:19 Gemini
- 21:19 – 23:36 Cancer
- 23:36 – 01:50 next day Leo
- 01:50 – 04:03 next day Virgo
- 04:03 – 06:16 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