Varanasi panchang, 1 December 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 16:26 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:46
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:41 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:06 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:41 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:27 Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 06:41
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:41 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 21:27
- Karana Vanija until 06:41, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:41 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:27 Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 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. 04:40 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:27 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:26 – 22:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:07 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:21 Libra
- 05:21 – 07:38 Scorpio
- 07:38 – 09:42 Sagittarius
- 09:42 – 11:27 Capricorn
- 11:27 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 14:26 Pisces
- 14:26 – 16:05 Aries
- 16:05 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:16 Gemini
- 20:16 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:47 next day Leo
- 00:47 – 03:00 next day Virgo
- 03:00 – 05:17 next day Libra
- 05:17 – 06:28 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