Varanasi panchang, 24 November 2028
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 12:18 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:46
Night
17:06 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:56
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:58 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:25
- Karana Bava until 18:56, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 18:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
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. 04:36 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- 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 05:58 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:05 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:48 Libra
- 05:48 – 08:05 Scorpio
- 08:05 – 10:10 Sagittarius
- 10:10 – 11:55 Capricorn
- 11:55 – 13:25 Aquarius
- 13:25 – 14:54 Pisces
- 14:54 – 16:32 Aries
- 16:32 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 23:01 Cancer
- 23:01 – 01:15 next day Leo
- 01:15 – 03:28 next day Virgo
- 03:28 – 05:44 next day Libra
- 05:44 – 06:23 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