Varanasi panchang, 23 November 2028
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 11:46 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:22 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 13:47 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:38 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:06 to 06:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 16:38
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 03:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:44
- Karana Vanija until 16:38, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:47 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:38 – 05:44 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:44 – 22:20
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 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:22 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:05 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:44 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:43 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:52 Libra
- 05:52 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:14 Sagittarius
- 10:14 – 11:59 Capricorn
- 11:59 – 13:29 Aquarius
- 13:29 – 14:58 Pisces
- 14:58 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:33 Taurus
- 18:33 – 20:47 Gemini
- 20:47 – 23:05 Cancer
- 23:05 – 01:19 next day Leo
- 01:19 – 03:32 next day Virgo
- 03:32 – 05:48 next day Libra
- 05:48 – 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