Varanasi panchang, 2 December 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 17:18 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:26
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:06 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:10
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 20:26
- Karana Bava until 07:10, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:26
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. 04:41 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:28 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:26 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:27 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:17 Libra
- 05:17 – 07:34 Scorpio
- 07:34 – 09:38 Sagittarius
- 09:38 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 12:54 Aquarius
- 12:54 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 16:01 Aries
- 16:01 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:12 Gemini
- 20:12 – 22:30 Cancer
- 22:30 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 02:56 next day Virgo
- 02:56 – 05:13 next day Libra
- 05:13 – 06:29 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