Varanasi panchang, 22 November 2028
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 11:12 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:04
- 14:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:46 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:06 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 14:46
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:35 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:22
- Karana Taitila until 14:46, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:35 – 06:22 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. 04:35 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 00:35 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:46 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:56 Libra
- 05:56 – 08:13 Scorpio
- 08:13 – 10:18 Sagittarius
- 10:18 – 12:03 Capricorn
- 12:03 – 13:33 Aquarius
- 13:33 – 15:02 Pisces
- 15:02 – 16:40 Aries
- 16:40 – 18:37 Taurus
- 18:37 – 20:51 Gemini
- 20:51 – 23:09 Cancer
- 23:09 – 01:23 next day Leo
- 01:23 – 03:36 next day Virgo
- 03:36 – 05:52 next day Libra
- 05:52 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
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