Varanasi panchang, 25 November 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 12:48 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:25
- 08:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:06 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:13 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 21:28
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 08:58 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 20:16
- Karana Balava until 08:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:13 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:16 – 21:28
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. 04:37 – 05:30
- 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 06:23 – 06:24 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 21:28
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:05 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:44 Libra
- 05:44 – 08:01 Scorpio
- 08:01 – 10:06 Sagittarius
- 10:06 – 11:51 Capricorn
- 11:51 – 13:22 Aquarius
- 13:22 – 14:50 Pisces
- 14:50 – 16:28 Aries
- 16:28 – 18:25 Taurus
- 18:25 – 20:39 Gemini
- 20:39 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 01:11 next day Leo
- 01:11 – 03:24 next day Virgo
- 03:24 – 05:40 next day Libra
- 05:40 – 06:24 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