Varanasi panchang, 29 November 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 14:59 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:06
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:02 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:42 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:40 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 22:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:02, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:06
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:22 – 10:14 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 16:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:40 – 06:27 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. 04:39 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:40 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:29 Libra
- 05:29 – 07:46 Scorpio
- 07:46 – 09:50 Sagittarius
- 09:50 – 11:35 Capricorn
- 11:35 – 13:06 Aquarius
- 13:06 – 14:34 Pisces
- 14:34 – 16:13 Aries
- 16:13 – 18:10 Taurus
- 18:10 – 20:24 Gemini
- 20:24 – 22:41 Cancer
- 22:41 – 00:55 next day Leo
- 00:55 – 03:08 next day Virgo
- 03:08 – 05:25 next day Libra
- 05:25 – 06:27 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